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Fra Mørke til Lys

H.F. Rimmen, 1928

Spanning three generations, the film depicts life in Copenhagen from the perspective of the working class. The film portrays the development of the city, the new opportunities arising and the improved living conditions created as the welfare state expands.

‘From darkness towards light’ is Denmark’s first-ever Social Democratic propaganda film, and it was part of the election campaign leading up to the local elections in 1929.

Kan Kærlighed kureres?

Lau Lauritzen Sr., 1923

Else is madly in love with her botany teacher Petersen. He is courted by almost all of his students, but Else is the one to whom he ultimately proposes. Their engagement is announced on Else’s 18th birthday, much to the horror of her parents, who want a less common son-in-law.

Pas de deux

Peter Elfelt, 1902

A joyful pas de deux, performed by Clara Rasmussen and Margrethe Andersen.

Clara Rasmussen/Wieth/Pontoppidan (1883-1975) was to become one of the most famous actresses of Danish silent cinema; one of her most notable performances is in Dreyer’s 'Leaves from Satan’s Book' (1921), in which she plays Siri in the last of the four sections.

Royal court photographer Peter Elfelt (1866-1931) was Denmark's first filmmaker.

Ungkarl og Ægtemand

A.W. Sandberg, 1915

Meyer the merchant is having a grand old time while his wife is away at a seaside resort. He brushes off her requests for him to visit by fibbing about being busy at work. When Mrs.

Minder fra Zünftens Dage

Valdemar Andersen, 1926

A Danish journeyman carpenter, Søren Hvid, and his friend Christian are travelling through Germany as part of their journeyman years, known as being ‘on the Walz’. They are accepted into the brotherhood of journeymen with the usual rituals prescribed for such events, meet fellow craftsmen on their travels and find work in a lumber yard. Their bindles, distinctive twisted canes and ‘travelling books’ remain with them all the way.

Fejl Etage

Ubekendt, 1916

Mr Vang, a clerk, has just moved into the fourth floor of a block of flats – and he has already gained a reputation as something of a troublemaker. The woman, a professor’s wife, who lives just below his flat has so far only been indirectly acquainted with him in the form of stomping feet and noise lasting into the small hours. She hopes to meet him face to face soon so that she can give him a thorough talking-to – and her wish is about to come true in a quite unexpected way.

Det lille Pus

Lau Lauritzen Sr., 1919

FRAGMENT | In the eyes of a jealous husband, a puppy is easily mistaken for an illegitimate child. Mr. Vibe wants nothing to do with the family’s new puppy and is thus unaware that Mrs.

Hjertestorme

August Blom, 1916

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.

Mirakeltjeneren

Lau Lauritzen Sr., 1918

A comedy about the young squire who has his eye on his cousin from America. But her father does not approve of his side of the family, so the amorous squire must disguise himself as a butler in order to win his way into their good graces.

The film has Danish subtitles.

De tossede Kvindfolk

Lau Lauritzen Sr., 1917

Business partners Storch and Søndergaard are in for a very confusing day. The birthday child Storch reminds Søndergaard that it is his wedding day, which prompts Søndergaard to immediately send flowers home to his wife. In response, Mrs Søndergaard sends a lunch invitation to her husband as well as a birthday card to Storch.

Don Juans Overmand

Lau Lauritzen Sr., 1916

The pharmacist Peter Pille and Colonel Sejrsberg's beautiful niece, Inger, are in love. Unfortunately, the Colonel is against the idea of an engagement and generally detests men who court young girls. Peter Pille finds out that the Colonel's negative attitude is due to jealousy and envy, because he himself has never really had luck with the ladies.

De er splittergale

Lau Lauritzen Sr., 1919

A typo in the newspaper sends a frisky model to treat the ill professor Knolle and a strict nurse to the croquis-artist Klat. While the supple model is about to undress in front of the embarrassed professor, the dumbfounded nurse wonders if the groping croquis-artist is actually a psychiatric patient.

The film has German intertitles with Danish subtitles.