Leif Sylvester
Date of birth: 1940-04-18
Place of birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Leif Sylvester Petersen
Biography
Leif Sylvester is a Danish painter, graphic artist, musician and actor. He took his stage name Sylvester as real name, after being mistaken for the author Leif Petersen born 1934.
Movie Credits
Otto Is a Rhino
1983-03-25
The boy Topper is bored. He finds a pencil that proves to have magical powers. Draw a rhino, and rig
Pusher II
2004-12-25
Tonny is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down lif
Black Pete – No, You're It
1980-10-14
A drama-documentary film about the fatal effect of poor living conditions on health – the so-called
Tarzan Mama Mia
1989-09-22
Eleven-year old Rikke lives alone with her father, whose only interest in life seems to be the socce
Hodja from Pjort
1985-10-04
Inspired by tales from "Arabian Nights", with many a touch of magic, but primarily based on a book b
Fish Out of Water
1993-02-26
The early 1990s: 300,000 Danes are out of work. Viggo, a machinist with two grown children, is silen
The Circus Casablanca
1981-02-27
Film about a pair of traveling entertainers and con-men and their problems with jobs, money and wome
Me and Charly
1978-03-19
Steffen is a good kid, a teenager who has recently finished school and is looking for work. He lives
Carmen & Babyface
1995-01-20
Set in 1962 during the Berlin crisis, the contented lifestyle of Carmen and her kid brother, whom sh
Felix
1982-08-26
A tragicomic story about a widow seeking contact who attracts media attention by offering a reward t
The Revolt of the Thralls
1979-10-08
A three part story about the plague, religion and revolt in Northern Europe in the period 1349 to 15
Gambler
2006-04-20
A humorous documentary about Nicolas Winding Refn and his struggle to secure his family financially
Carl, My Childhood Symphony
1994-02-04
Combining the exultant sweep of epic period drama with the subtle intimacy of biography in a social
Rocking Silver
1983-12-09
Old rockers, like soldiers, never die, they only pass away. Well, Erik Clausen turns nostalgia into
The Cartel
2014-02-27
The successful entrepreneur Lars Halbo returns to Denmark when he inherits the family firm, but when
In the Middle of the Night
1984-03-09
Benny and Arnold are homeless and along with others living on Nørrebro in Copenhagen. The police is
Oldboys
2009-12-25
Now in his fifties, Vagn leads a solitary life and plays football with a group of similarly aged men
En loppe kan også gø
1996-10-11
Rosa is a lonely 13 year old wearing a leg prosthesis. She lives with her single father in a small t
Restless Heart
1998-01-01
Hugo is 18 years old, works in a garage in a provincial town, plays pool with his mates and dates te
Rainfox
1984-12-26
A crime melodrama set in the world of horse racing. A trainer is wrongfully accused of doping a hors
A Caretaker's Tale
2012-03-25
A custodian in a housing project discovers that a naked, mute woman he found in one of his apartment
People Get Eaten
2015-02-26
Herluf lives a complacent life with his wife Inger-Lise. Their daily routines are only interrupted b