Matador: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Mads Skjern arrives in the small Danish town of Korsbæk in 1929. Hans Christian Varnæs, manager of the town bank, refuses him a loan to set up a clothes shop. Instead he receives money elsewhere, and his shop is soon a success, a sign of the changing times during the following decades.

Series details

• Title: Matador
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Danish
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1978-11-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 1982-01-02
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: DR1
• Network country: Denmark
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 29122
• IMDb ID: tt0077051
• TVDB ID: 80974

Cast and credited roles

• Jørgen Buckhøj — Mads Skjern
• Ghita Nørby — Ingeborg Skjern
• Buster Larsen — Oluf Larsen
• Malene Schwartz — Maude Varnæs
• Holger Juul Hansen — Hans Christian Varnæs

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1978-11-11; final listed air date 1978-12-16.
• Season 2: premiered 1979-11-17; final listed air date 1979-12-22.
• Season 3: premiered 1980-12-06; final listed air date 1981-01-10.
• Season 4: premiered 1981-11-28; final listed air date 1982-01-02.

Source and licence

Adapted from Matador on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.