Harry and the Butler

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| name = Harry og kammertjeneren

| image = Harry and the Butler (1961).jpg

| caption =

| director = Bent Christensen

| producer = Bent Christensen
Preben Philipsen

| writer = Bent Christensen
Leif Panduro

| starring = Osvald Helmuth
Ebbe Rode
Gunnar Lauring

| music = Niels Rothenborg

| cinematography = Kjeld Arnholtz

| editing = Kirsten Christensen
Lene Møller

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|1961|9|8|df=yes}}

| runtime = 105 minutes

| country = Denmark

| language = Danish

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Harry and the Butler ({{langx|da|Harry og kammertjeneren}}) is a 1961 Danish film directed by Bent Christensen. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1962 |title=The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-10-29|work=oscars.org}} It was also entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3161/year/1962.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Harry and the Butler |access-date=2009-02-22|work=festival-cannes.com}}

Plot

The film tells the story of an elderly, impoverished man named Harry who inherits some money and uses it to hire a valet. Initially unfamiliar with Harry's world, the valet grows to sympathize with it and decides to stay.