Matador - Season 1 (1978)

Traveling drapery salesman Mads Andersen-Skjern arrives in Korsbæk with his little boy Daniel and sees opportunities when faced with the inept draper Albert Arnesen and this small sleepy town where the old families define the pace and virtue. Receiving only haughty condescension from the upper-class, Mads finds local allies in the family of pig trader Oluf Larsen and his wife Kathrine, who has more money than meets the eye. Failing to secure a loan from local, third-generation banker Hans Christian Varnæs and his esteemed Korsbæk Bank, Mads borrows money both from his...

Mads Skjern starts his business, with the help from pig dealer Larsen. Skjern hires the pig dealers daughter, Ingeborg, as an employee.

In 1930, everyone did not manage as well as Mads Andersen's screen. This applies, for example, to the holder of Damernes Magasin, Albert Arnesen, who will have to invite his first-man Mr Schwann, who has just had a lesser legacy, to become his partner, to prevent a threatening bankruptcy. Arnold has finished his education at Arnesen and takes work at Mads Skjern. The 30's have just started - a time of turbulence, especially in the political sphere. The dams come to Korsbæk where there is a loud noise of agitation - both on the conservative and socialist front. Mads ...