Biography
Bjarne Reuter (born 29 April 1950) is a Danish writer and screenwriter, best known for children's and young adult books. Many of his works are set in the 1950s and 1960s, the time period of his childhood and adolescence. Many also feature the Copenhagen area, where he was born in Brønshøj. Reuter is the screenwriter of the popular Danish television series and movie Busters verden ("Buster's World"). In 1977 he was awarded with the Danish Ministry of Culture's children book prize. He won the Deut...
Complete Filmography
Buster's World
2021
Original Concept
Buster, 11, loves everything about his life. He’s an optimist who knows that the going can get tough, but if you apply a little magic and a lot of lov...
Captain Bimse
2019
Book
7-year-old Anna is having trouble sleeping at night. She accidentally left her favourite doll, Sophie, at her family's holiday home, and Anna's parent...
Kidnapped
2017
Novel
Bertram’s uncle, a petty criminal, hurls him and the whole family into the kidnapping of a rich man’s son to get money for a new flat after they’ve be...
Fakiren fra Bilbao
2004
Novel
When two children move into an old house with their mother they find magical mystery involving a lively spirit and a precious diamond.
Someone Like Hodder
2003
Writer
Hodder is nine years old. He lives on his own with his father, who works nights as a bill poster. One night a fairy appears to Hodder and asks him to ...
Bertram & Co
2002
Novel
Bertram and his family seek compensation after being swindled by a shop manager. George, a relative of Bertram's, has an idea when he discovers that t...
The Boys from St. Petri
1991
Writer
A group of school-mates form a resistance group in nazi-occupied Denmark.
Casanova
1990
Screenplay
Farcial action fun with Bertil and Hugo, who do menial jobs at a big city hotel. Bertil is about to marry and has put money aside for his bride's morn...
Pelle the Conqueror
1987
Screenplay
In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a fa...
Twist and Shout
1984
Writer
Danish teens come of age in 1963. Bjorn and Erik are close friends. Bjorn is pursued by Kirsten, a future Stepford wife, but he falls for Anna, who in...
Suzanne og Leonard
1984
Screenplay
In this suspenseful chase movie, a couple try to outrun both the police and the gangsters who are after them for a murder they did not commit. Suzanne...
Busters verden
1984
Writer
The television series was based on a play by Danish author Bjarne Reuter. In 1984 Reuter published his collection Tre skuespil ("Three Plays"); a coll...
Zappa
1983
Writer
Denmark, 1961. Bjørn, a middle-class boy in his early teens, wants to be accepted by Steen, a bullying peer of his with wealthy but freezingly cold pa...
Three Angels and Five Lions
1982
Book, Writer
Done back-to-back with "Kidnapping", 1982, this family entertainment continues the saga of little Bertram's rather erratic and not always law-abiding ...
Kidnapning
1982
Writer, Novel
Based on Bjarne Reuter's 1975 juvenile novel, even broader comedy strokes are employed in the film version, but bright spark Bertram is still at the c...