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Danish Silent Film
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En ny Hat til Madammen
Viggo Larsen, 1906
A young woman is out shopping and buys a new hat in the latest fashion. Unfortunately, the hat is so huge that it leaves a trail of destruction wherever she goes. A quite ordinary stroll suddenly becomes deeply problematic.
Rosen
Viggo Larsen, 1907
The scene is set on a castle in the mid-18th century. The princess loves a young man from the court, but the king wants her married to an older, wealthier suitor. Hoping for a mircale to happen, the princess refuses his marriage proposal.
Drengen med den sjette Sans
When a little girl goes missing in the woods, her parents are at a loss as to what to do. To their great relief, a boy with a sixth sense shows the way to the girl using his psychic abilities.
Grønkøbings glade Gavtyve
Lau Lauritzen Sr., 1925
Two musicians, Pat and Patachon, arrive in a peaceful little town. When they are about to be arrested because noise is not tolerated on the streets, a young solicitor helps them out of trouble and subsequently finds them jobs with an elderly laundrywoman. The town’s wealthy men are content with their quiet community and refuse to listen to the solicitor’s proposals for improvements and new initiatives to help everyone make money.
Klarinetspilleren
Robert Storm Petersen, 1920
FRAGMENT | A man looks around and sees a dog in a trashcan, after which his nose transforms into a clarinet that he plays for the dog. The film was made by the popular Danish cartoonist Robert Storm Petersen, popularly known as ‘Storm P’, who created some of Denmark’s very first cartoons, among many other things. His distinctive humorous tone and style shine through in these short, early cartoons.
Fristelsen
Herman Erasmi Sørensen, 1930
FRAGMENT | A young man finds employment as an apprentice in a grocery store. As he is short of money for his sick mother’s medicine and furthermore is eager to ask a charming girl out, he succumbs to temptation and steals from the till. Caught red-handed, he is sentenced to two years in a correctional institution.
Den glade Enke
FRAGMENT | In the impoverished Balkan principality of Pontevedrino, a love drama unfolds. The class divide prevents Count Danilo from marrying the peasant girl Hanna. With an aching heart, he moves to Paris, while she becomes engaged to a rich banker who dies soon afterwards, leaving her his large fortune.
Mellem muntre Musikanter
Lau Lauritzen Sr., 1922
Director Jessen lives with his sons Fritz and Jørgen in a country house on the coast of Øresund. One day, Jessen announces that his boss is coming to visit from Australia, and that he will bring along his daughter, Alice. Jessen further proclaims that he wants one of his sons to marry Alice.
Tullemands Frieri
Ubekendt, 1910
Alois Nieswurz is eager to get out the door to propose to his beloved. But much to his chagrin, everything seems to be getting in the way! First, the ring disappears and then, goodness me, his underpants are sticking out the back of his trousers. Will the awkward suitor ever manage to get there and down on one knee? At the beginning of the 20th century, a cinema experience offered three or four short films – first a report, then a drama, and finally a farce before going home.
Sol, Sommer og Studiner
Mr Kruse, a merchant, lives in a pleasant country house with his daughter Alice. Although Alice is busy studying for her exams, she finds time to flirt with the young, handsome Søren Hammer, much to her father’s displeasure. When the family goes sailing to celebrate Alice’s graduation, Søren Hammer and one of his friends follow in the students’ wake.
Menneskeaben
A man and an ape are seated at the same table – both wearing suits. The monkey lights the man’s cigarette, pours wine for them both, and they proceed to play cards before it is time for the ape to turn in for the night.
Venskab og Fjendskab
Ubekendt, 1919
FRAGMENT | Any grand picnic in the great outdoors is but a moment away from a brawl with an angry lepidopterist. At least, that’s what a food-loving jester and his poor girlfriend will soon find out when they mess with the important work of hunting butterflies. Soon after, the police swarm in and the chase begins!The preserved fragment has no intertitles.