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Bristet Lykke
August Blom, 1913
FRAGMENT | Feeling neglected by her busy husband, Muriel meets the nobleman Emile le Blanc and falls for him head over heels. But he is not what he claims to be.
Atlantis
With his wife admitted to a mental hospital and his academic career beset on all sides, Doctor von Kammacher goes abroad to regain his strength and his joy of life. On the trip, he meets two very different women, one of whom will decide his fate. Due to a technical error a brief sequence in the middle of the film is missing.
Af Elskovs Naade
August Blom, 1914
The honeymoon between the newly married couple Lydia and Count von Teyn soon comes to an end. The count makes his new wife jealous when he helps a female rider who makes obvious advances at him. Lydia has barely forgiven her husband before things go wrong again.
Elskovsleg
Holger-Madsen, August Blom, 1914
FRAGMENT | Two friends, Fritz and Theodor, make the acquaintance of Christine and Mizzi, who are also friends. Fritz is immediately captivated by Christine, who is bashful and modest as opposed to the eager, effervescent Mizzi. But even though the love between the two grows, Christine is not the only woman in Fritz’s life.
Pro Patria
August Blom, 1916
Out of the blue, war is declared, making two otherwise friendly neighbouring nations deadly enemies. Amid the inferno, finding themselves on different sides of the conflict, Elsa and Alexis are forced to call off their engagement. Will they ever get back together again?
Hjertestorme
When Eve Vange regains her sight after a successful operation, she falls in love with her saviour – the young ophthalmologist Juel. Her fiancé Ernst, who is both her cousin and a teacher at the school for the blind, sets her free so she can marry the man she loves. However, it doesn’t take long before the marital bliss crumbles and darkness descends on Eve’s life again.
Verdens Undergang
Mine worker West lives in a small mining town with his daughters Edith and Dina. When the mine owner Stoll comes to town to inspect the work, he falls in love with Dina. Against her fathers will, she elopes with the unscrupulous stock exchange speculator.
Præsten i Vejlby
August Blom, 1922
The film is the first film adaptation of Steen Steensen Blicher’s short story about a real-life miscarriage of justice from the seventeenth century.The God-fearing vicar Niels Quist lives with his beloved daughter Mette in the small Jutland town of Vejlby. The newly elected county bailiff and local magistrate, Erik Sørensen, is the lucky fellow who wins Mette’s heart, but their happiness is short-lived: One day, the vicar’s farmhand mysteriously disappears, and all signs suggest that the vicar is the killer.
Den store Magt
August Blom, 1925
Jørgen wants to propose to Marie as soon as he has been promoted and can offer her a proper home. Indeed, his future looks promising until his father, who is a bookkeeper in the town bank, tells Jørgen that he has embezzled and spent money from the bank. In order to uphold his father’s honour, Jørgen must raise the missing amount, and the only one he knows with that much ready money is his uncle, the canny merchant Ole Konge, whom his father detests.
Det store Hjerte
The poor child Inger must endure trials of an almost biblical nature before her heart can be saved by true love. First, Inger is rejected by the love of her youth, Hans, who chooses a rich man’s daughter instead. Because of this, she gets thrown out into the street by her own mother but finds refuge with an acrobat in a travelling circus.
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.
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.