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Professor Petersens Plejebørn

Lau Lauritzen Sr., 1924

Birdwatcher Professor Petersen goes on a summer trip to a remote rocky island. The uninhabited island is home to birds, disturbing scantily clad young girls and a gang of bootleggers. Pat Patachon reluctantly toil for the smugglers, who take Professor Petersen prisoner.

Maharajahens Yndlingshustru

A.W. Sandberg, 1926

Remake of Nordisk Film’s great 1917 blockbuster about the young officer’s daughter who loses her heart to an Indian nobleman and flees with him to the Orient. In India, she becomes one among many wives in a harem. Desperate she lays plans to escape, but the bonds of love pull the other way.

Lille Lise Letpaataa

Lau Lauritzen Sr., 1924

Old Lund is determined to make his granddaughter Lise/Liz a great dancer. He teaches dance classes in their attic home, accompanied by their neighbours, Pat and Patachon, playing the flute and violin. Joy fills the household when Lise secures an engagement at the Grand Theatre, but acquiring the expensive costumes she needs becomes a financial burden.

Lykkehjulet

Urban Gad, 1926

At full speed on the ice, the young scultptor and eager skater Erik Elmer meets a charming young lady, Ethel, who quite literally sweeps him off his feet. She is being deceived by her lawyer, who manages the inheritance from her father in America. The deceitful lawyer courts Ethel, who is soon to inherit her wealthy father’s fortune.

Den standhaftige tinsoldat

Karl Wieghorst, 1928

A cartoon version of HC Andersen’s famous fairy tale about the staunch tin soldier who falls in love with a dancing ballerina, sets out on an adventure, and is finally engulfed by the flames of love.

The film is full of funny scenes with living toys. It was both filmed and directed by Karl Wieghorst, who also produced several cartoons for Robert Storm Petersen, better known as Storm P.

Afgrunden

Urban Gad, 1910

Magda, a piano teacher, meets Knud, a parson’s son, who invites her to spend the summer at his parents’ parsonage. When a travelling circus stops in the village, Magda leaves the meek Knud for the dashing circus rider Rudolf. But circus life with Rudolf quickly turns out to be anything but happy, and Magda comes to a tragic end.

Balletdanserinden

August Blom, 1911

Ballet dancer Camille dreams of becoming an actress. Her wish comes true when she meets the young screenwriter Jean. Soon, her career is well underway, and Camille’s name is on everyone's lips.

Dødsbokseren

Lau Lauritzen Sr., 1926

You can get far and wide if you try to pick cod from an ice floe drifting out to sea. This is what Pat and Patachon learn in this adventure in which they rescue young girls from the white slave trade in Spain and where Patachon enters the ring as a boxer against a gigantic superman from France. The final scene features a surprise addition to the family.

Det gamle Købmandshus

August Blom, 1912

The merchant’s son Aage wants to save his father from bankruptcy by marrying the rich man’s daughter Irma. Aage dutifully courts her, although not a single spark flies between them. One day, Irma’s household receives guests, and Solveig, an 18-year-old beauty, opens Aage’s eyes as to which love he’s about to sacrifice for the sake of his father.

Dødsklokken

Alf Nielsen, 1914

Death’s bells toll in tune to the march of war. On top of devastating losses, espionage also cripples General Müller’s army. Young Lieutenant Charley is entrusted with the delivery of Dossier 15, a document of utmost importance to the war effort.

Jernbanens Datter

August Blom, 1912

A frivolous count disposes of his unwanted, newborn child in a first-class train compartment bound for Moscow. The train staff takes care of little Eva, but decide to send her to an orphanage so that she can have a formal education. At 18 years old, Eva must find a guardian before she’s thrown out onto the street.

En hjemløs Fugl

Gunnar Helsengreen, 1911

Musical Magda has three suitors – the insidious bank clerk Hilmer, the kind-hearted Dr. Dyring and the nice supreme court attorney Hatting. Much to Dyring’s annoyance, Hatting is the first to pluck up the courage and propose, and Magda soon becomes Mrs.