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Flyttedags-Kvaler
Lau Lauritzen Sr., 1915
Escaping the moving day mess at home, Holm seeks refuge with a good friend. Many hours, and a lot of whisky, later, Holm mistakenly returns to his old address, where the new tenants have long since gone to bed.
Ned med Vaabnene!
Holger-Madsen, 1915
Martha, a war widow, finds a new zest for life when she meets the noble Captain von Tilling. They marry, but before long he, too, is called to war. In his absence, Martha falls into a depression and is hospitalised.
Tugthusfange No. 97
August Blom, 1914
When the robber Friedrich Blaske is pardoned after thirty years behind bars, he steps into a new and unfamiliar world. Although the former criminal has become an old and good-natured man, he encounters only disgust and fear from those he meets. He seeks out his sister Anna and her family, but they want nothing to do with him.
Den mystiske Fremmede
Holger-Madsen, 1914
Medical student Walter Fahrich has only two goals in life – to become rich and famous. In a dream, he is approached by Mephisto, who offers him exactly those things for ten years. Walther accepts the terms, but later realises that he has made a big mistake.
Det gale Pensionat
Ubekendt, 1911
Three troublemakers, one clumsy maid and the strictest madam in town – everything is as usual at the “Peace and Quiet” boarding house. That is, until the madam of the house grows tired of the maid and authorises her three boarders to find her a replacement while she’s visiting a friend. After a wild night out, the three gentlemen return with three cute girl under their arms.
Livets Karneval
Laurids Skands, 1923
The celebrated comedy playwright Halfdan Berg has always been adored by the press, so he is shocked when his latest play is declared a resounding failure in the morning papers. To steady his nerves, he attends a party that evening, and here he meets Leonid Ivanoff, a tormented Russian artist who tells him about a demonic woman who haunts and hypnotises him. Before leaving the party, Ivanoff gives his keys to Berg, fearing he might ‘strike her down’ if he returns home and finds her there.
Gorki
Ubekendt, 1912
Hjalmar leads a double life; during the day, he is a clerk at his father’s bank while at night, he leads a notorious gang known as “Heldet” (Fortune). The purpose is to pay for his prodigious womanising and gambling. When “Heldet” knocks over his own bank, Hjalmar distracts the guard while the rest of the gang cleans out the vault, then he calls the police to allay any suspicion.
En livlig Drøm
Lau Lauritzen Sr., 1916
A young man unsuccessfully practices a variety of circus tricks at home. He then goes out on the town where his eagerness and clumsy excitement gets him in trouble more than once. In the end, the unfortunate clown manages to escape the most impossible situations after all.
Han spiller Fodbold
Lau Lauritzen Sr., 1919
For rentier Back – senior football fan – it’s always coming home. Unfortunately for the domestic peace, his finicky wife doesn’t share his enthusiasm for football at all. When Mrs.
Tøffelheltens Fødselsdag
Lau Lauritzen Sr., 1918
In the main protagonist’s household, his wife, Ilsebil, calls all the shots. Even on his own birthday he cannot get a word in edgewise, and when some friends invite him out for the evening, his wife takes the key to the front door so he cannot get out. Later that night, the henpecked husband seizes an opportunity to escape, but when he finally returns home he is in for a nasty surprise.
Hans lille Dengse
For 14 years, merchant Thippe has been paying child support to his dear son, although he has never seen the boy. For the sake of the family legacy, and economic certainty, Thippe decides to meet his offspring. However, something is not quite right.
Vestens Børn
Alfred Kjerulf, 1917
MOST WANTED |The Wild West as depicted by Nordisk Film – we would love to see that.WHAT'S IT ABOUT?Natural scientist Murphy gets lost and ends up with a tribe of Native Americans, where the chief’s daughter To-to tends to him lovingly. They get married and have a child, little Pawa, but not everyone in the tribe is happy about the alliance with the white man.