Take It Like a Man, Ma'am!

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Take It Like a Man, Ma'am!

1975

1h 36m

6.2(5 votes)

Fantasy

Comedy

Family

Overview

A middle aged married woman suffers from depression. Her husband suggests she get a dog, but instead she gets a job. Treatment of the women workers leads her into a hilarious fantasy in which roles are reversed and bearded men sit behind typewriters worrying about their looks and what to buy for dinner. She gets involved in a strike and loses her job, but has found some friends and a more positive attitude to life.

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45 members

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Tove Maës

Ellen Rasmussen

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Berthe Qvistgaard

Karen

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Birgit Brüel

Grethe

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Claus Strandberg

Harry

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Cæcilie Nordgreen

Frk. With - hans sekretær

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Alf Lassen

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Writing

Flemming Quist Møller

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Hans Kragh-Jacobsen

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Asta Esper Hagen Andersen

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Lone Lindorff

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Arne Skovhus

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Doug Crutchfield

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Aase Hansen

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Lene Maimu

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Annie Jessen

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Lis Allentoft

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Niels Skousen

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Hans Henrik Clemensen

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Jesper Jensen

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Per Tønnes Nielsen

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Bent Børgesen

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Susanne Giese

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Ingrid Oustrup Jensen

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Grethe Bigler

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Litten Hansen

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Gunnvør Nolsøe

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Michael Trier Jacobsen

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Ole Dupont

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Else Andersen

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Jørgen Krogh

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Britta Lillesøe

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Margrethe K. Jacobsen

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Johnny Olsen

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René Pedersen

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Svend Johansen

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Jytte Seedorff

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Hermod Knudsen

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Hanne Tvestmann

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Nicki Næsted

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Finn Tavbe

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Peter Jacobsen

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Inge Johansen

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Arne Krogh

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Bente Hansen

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Svend Holbæk

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