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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.

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…

The fascination of silent film

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

The Silent Art

THEME. A century ago Danish cinema was world leading. Now we digitize and re-vitalize Danish silent film heritage, telling stories from the time when Asta Nielsen, Valdemar Psilander and Pat &…

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.

Movie Marketing: Selling Strategies in the Silent Film Era

THEME. Luscious legs revealed by racy bathing costumes, poster-sized reproductions of recently deceased superstars, and scandals involving big game shot dead in front of rolling cameras. The film…

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.

Sounding Silents

THEME. What does Asta Nielsen’s gaucho dance sound like in 2023? How do you create a soundscape to accompany a Mars landing in a science fiction film from 1918? A collaboration with two music…

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…

Making It Monumental

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

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…

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…
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