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En Kunstners Gennembrud

Holger-Madsen, 1919

A young violinist, Emanuel, dreams of becoming the best in the world. He gets the full support of his mother, who has sacrificed everything for his brilliant career. When she is on her deathbed, he’s faced with a terrible choice: According to an old legend, his violin will have the most beautiful sound if it catches the dying mother’s last breath.

Den glade Løjtnant

Robert Dinesen, 1912

When Lucca meets Lt Victor quite by chance, he sweeps her off her feet in a whirlwind romance and the couple are quickly engaged. Unfortunately, the cheerful lieutenant turns out to be a drunkard, so the engagement is called off and Victor leaves for South America. When he returns a few years later, he has become an upstanding pillar of the community.

Fra Fyrste til Knejpevært

Holger-Madsen, 1913

A past lover ignites a fiery gambling addiction within the reckless Prince Spinarosa. The old lover, Asta Leonhard, ensures that the prince acquires a royal gambling debt. Princess Spinarosa is a famous dancer in her own right and graciously offers her husband a piece of jewellery to cover his debt.

De mystiske Z-Straaler

George Schnéevoigt, 1915

MOST WANTED | The film is also known as ‘The Skeleton Dance’ and ‘The Dance of Death’. The preserved still images do not reveal whether the film actually features a dancer lit up by X-rays to reveal the bones inside. How might one of Danish film’s most talented cinematographers of the time, George Schnéevoigt, have solved this technical challenge? Our curiosity is further piqued by the fact that he was also the director and screenwriter on this film, and we would love to see the result.

Jafet, der søger sig en Fader III. Kapergasten

Emanuel Gregers, 1922

Japhet and Tim have hired a ship bound for the Portuguese port city of Pontevidera, where Japhet hopes to find his father. His tireless search once again turns into an adventurous and dangerous journey. The two friends must fight both Portuguese criminal gangs and South American Indians, and when they finally return to London, Japhet is convicted of a murder he never committed.

Stodderprinsessen

A.W. Sandberg, 1920

The carefree Countess Evelyn lives a life of luxury at her people’s expense. Even her 25th birthday must be celebrated with a bang, even though the coffers are empty and the people are waiting for their paychecks. The estate’s main creditor, Mr.

En hjemløs Fugl

Gunnar Helsengreen, 1911

Musical Magda has three suitors – the insidious bank clerk Hilmer, the kind-hearted Dr. Dyring and the nice supreme court attorney Hatting. Much to Dyring’s annoyance, Hatting is the first to pluck up the courage and propose, and Magda soon becomes Mrs.

Elverhøj

Gunnar Helsengreen, 1910

The film is the second 1910 film adaptation of Heiberg’s classic about foundling children, superstitions and star-crossed lovers.

Near Elves’ Hill (Elverhøjen) lives Karen, a superstitious farmer’s wife, with her daughter Agnete. Agnete and the noble Sir Ebbesen are very much in love, but to their great sorrow Ebbesen is betrothed to the noble-born Elisabeth Munk.

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.

Ambrosius

Gunnar Helsengreen, 1910

Ambrosius Stub is elated when he gets the position as a writer, working for the Baron. This means a steady income and new experiences, as well as various new acquaintances. Among the latter lurks a dangerous infatuation that has fatal consequences for Ambrosius.

Grev Dahlborgs Hemmelighed

Eduard Schnedler-Sørensen, 1914

FRAGMENT | These recordings were part of Valdemar Psilander’s live performance at the Royal Orfeum in Budapest, in February and March 1914. Psilander financed the show himself, and it was a mixture of film and theatre under the title Count Dahlborg’s Secret. The film footage, which unfortunately hasn’t been preserved in its entirety, opened the performance, after which Psilander himself rode onto the stage and continued the action.

Lejla

Knud Nathansen, 1914

FRAGMENT | Lejla, a frivolous dressage rider, rides around with suitors and dances with death. Count Claes turns a deaf ear to all the warnings about Lejla’s behaviour. Claes only has eyes for Lejla’s beauty, but is blind to her rejections.