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Olaf Fønss, 1920

MOST WANTED | The film is a Fønss extravaganza: it is written, directed and performed by Olaf Fønss. In fact, he is the only member of the cast.


WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
A young man who has enjoyed great financial prosperity during the war suddenly goes bankrupt and ends up on the brink of poverty.

Kosakfyrsten

Ubekendt, 1910

INCOMPLETE | Anna, the beautiful daughter of a general, and the young lieutenant Cernieff are in love. However, the general refuses to give his only daughter to a man without fortune. Heartbroken, Anna confides in the duchess, who agrees to deliver a letter to Cernieff.

Ildfluen

Einar Zangenberg, 1913

A small girl is kidnapped by a travelling circus. Her heartbroken parents put their trust in their daughter’s young friend, who quickly catches up with the villainous travellers. But however hard the children try, they cannot escape, and as the years pass they are forced to accept their new, hard life on the road.

Det indiske Gudebillede

Ubekendt, 1915

When a dying patient gives him a statue of an Indian god, the doctor John Schmidt thinks nothing of it. He barely gets home before mysterious things start happening. A knight’s armour comes to life, a servant gets ambushed, and Schmidt’s wife disappears without a trace! The secret Indian society is behind it and will do everything to get hold of the statue.

Kærlighedens Almagt

A.W. Sandberg, 1919

Nina turns in a wanted criminal, Carl Weldon, to get the reward and save her ailing mother. But when Nina returns, her mother has already expired. Visiting his father in jail, Weldon’s son Victor learns that his father is innocent of the murder for which he has been convicted.

Kean

Holger Rasmussen, 1910

FRAGMENT | The film is loosely based on Alexandre Dumas’ play about the celebrated actor Kean, who moves effortlessly through all walks of life in 1830s London. One evening he’s in the company of counts and princes, and the next he’s enjoying the company of poor artists at the city’s pubs. A series of infatuations drive him into a complicated love drama.

Hotelmysterierne

Ubekendt, 1911

FRAGMENT | An infamous criminal couple, nicknamed ‘The Hotel Rats’, have long haunted the hotels of the city. As yet, no one has been able to best the cunning nocturnal thieves. One day, the proprietor of a hotel recently visited by these unwelcome guests turns to Sherlock Holmes for help.

Trolovelsesringen

Ubekendt, 1910

A fisherman has a quarrel with his fiancé who, in rage, throws her ring into the sea. An old suitor notices her bare ring finger and senses a second chance. While on a fishing trip, he happens to catch the fish that seems to have swallowed the thrown-away ring.

En Bryllupsaften

Einar Zangenberg, 1911

A dutiful maid is not always a blessing! That’s what a newly wed couple finds out after they return home tired and want to be left alone. Their old maid Ane has been told by the bride’s mother to give her a cup of tea before she goes to bed. The bride and groom protest, grumble and cry, but Ane won’t stop until she has done as she has been ordered!

‘A Wedding Night’ is a film adaptation of ‘Et Lystspil i en Akt’ by Peter Nansen, which was first published in the magazine ‘Af Dagens Krønike’ in October 1889.

En Lektion

August Blom, 1911

When journalist Warren discovers that a charming pilot is about to seduce his wife, he decides to take revenge. He sneaks into the aircraft and turns it into a death trap. There’s a threat of a fatal ending, but the seducer also has an ace up his sleeve.

Dobbeltgængeren

Holger Rasmussen, 1910

A burglar dresses up as a count in order to steal a valuable necklace from the count’s house.

Den sorte Domino

Ubekendt, 1910

FRAGMENT | A young man finds himself at loggerheads with his friend after he has tried to kiss his wife and at the same time turns out to be a common thief. When they meet again several years later, the villain has become a member of the crime gang called The Black Domino. By a nefarious trick, the villain gains access to his old friends’ villa and pretends to reconcile with them, while his hooded, cloaked and masked cronies prepare to kidnap the man as soon as he steps out the door.