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Silent films, white slavery and rape myths

THEME. New theme about white slavery in silent films. Frida Lind Stokkebæk connects the conflicts played out in the early cinema to our present day.

Film pioneers – A startup fairytale

THEME. Take a trip with editor Lisbeth Richter Larsen and go back in time to when Nordisk Film was an anarchistic start-up, a playful exploratorium of cinematic art.

Lau Lauritzen Sr. - The King of Comedy

THEME. He is the firebrand of farces, the prince of productivity, and the king of comedy. This is the story of the most hardworking humourist in Danish cinema.

Making It Monumental

THEME. David Bordwell on 'The End of the World' and storytelling strategies characteristic of Danish silent cinema.

The fascination of silent film

THEME. Five prominent fans of silent films share enthusiastic recommendations.

Cinema lost and sometimes found

THEME. Since the advent of sound, around 80 percent of Danish silent films have been lost. But every now and then, some of these lost films are rediscovered.

Pure magic or modern technology?

THEME on digitization. How is the analogue strip transformed into a digital stream? Join ’Mists of the past’ on its journey from analogue to digital. Follow A.W. Sandberg’s 1925-blockbuster…

Funny guys get into trouble

THEME. A governess astray, the Don Juan dreams of a colonel and seriously thirsty revellers – the early farces are populated by caricatures rushing around guided by simple desires. Although the…

Love without words

THEME. A diverse catalogue of the paths and detours of love unfolds in the era of silent film – and with good reason! This is because the language of the heart is, as we all know, silent. What’s…

Risking life and limb – on land, at sea and in the air

They rose high and fell hard, the daredevils among the silent film era’s actors, stuntwomen and stuntmen as they performed spectacular and at times downright life-threatening feats of foolhardiness…

Crime and Punishment – Silent crime stories from the vaults

THEME. In the Danish silent era, not unlike today, crime films were all the rage. Peter Schepelern guides you through.

The Silent Dreyer

THEME. Carl Th. Dreyer’s film career spanned six decades, and it all began with Danish silent film. This article analyses Dreyer's career and the significance of silent films for the development of…
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