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Folkets Ven

Holger-Madsen, 1918

The social storm after World War I divides the people. In the eye of the storm are three brothers fighting for the lower classes, each in his own way. Waldo the blacksmith wants a world revolution by power and violence.

Kærlighedsvalsen

A.W. Sandberg, 1920

FRAGMENT | A curse by ancient spirits haunts the living in ‘The House of Fatal Love’. In spite of his young age, Count Eric Denton is very angry and jealous, which frightens his beautiful wife. Eric is to inherit a castle from his dying uncle.

Under Mindernes Træ

Holger-Madsen, 1913

The young artist Simon Durand happens to find himself in an idyllic village. Here he finds board and lodging with Marietta, who lives alone with her sick mother, and soon Durand has won the heart of his young hostess. Their happy state is threatened by the wealthy farmer Jerome, who has been courting Marietta in vain for a long time and is not about to abandon his hopes of eventually marrying her.

Kvinden, han mødte

Hjalmar Davidsen, 1915

Count Dörner and his son-in-law Baron Max are hunting in the forest when they come upon Zambo and Satanita, who are Roma travellers. Dörner and Max are so captivated by the eccentric Satanita that they decide to take her to their estate. It quickly becomes clear that Satanita prefers the young baron to the old count, although the latter still makes a spirited attempt to force some affection from her.

Grænsefolket

Eduard Schnedler-Sørensen, 1927

FRAGMENT | The Family Steffensen lives on a farm in Southern Jutland. The area has been under German rule for 60 years, when WW I suddenly breaks out. The possibility of regaining the lost land brings new hope to the border people, but the poor Steffensen's farm is threatened by compulsory sale.

Skæbnesvangre Vildfarelser

Fritz Magnussen, 1918

MOST WANTED | The film is a graduation piece shot in 1918 upon completing a course at the first Danish film school. The cast includes teachers and students from the school. What did a graduation film look like in 1918? Were students required to demonstrate their mastery of specific cinematic techniques and devices? We are incredibly curious to see more!


WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
The film is set around a bar known as ‘Røde Mølle’ (‘The Red Mill’/’Moulin Rouge’), where a passionate love drama has deadly consequences.

Under Blinkfyrets Straaler

Robert Dinesen, 1913

Brothers Robert and Hugo lead idyllic lives on a magnificent estate by the water. Their father, the old landowner, favours Robert, while Hugo is the apple of his mother’s eye. However, Hugo is not quite the goody two-shoes he appears to be: he has borrowed money from a crooked moneylender who is now threatening to contact his father.

Revolutionsbryllup

August Blom, 1915

It’s the spring of 1793 and the French Revolution is raging. King Louis XVI had been beheaded in Paris a few months earlier, and the whole of Europe is teetering on the brink of war. Austrian troops move across the country’s northern border, and among many other members of the French nobility who emigrated, Erneste des Tressailles also serves as an officer in the enemy ranks.

Himmelskibet

Holger-Madsen, 1918

Inspired by Columbus, the navy officer Avanti Planetaros endeavours to chart the cosmos and explore its strange planets. His spaceship lands on Mars, where Avanti and his crew meet a peace-loving, fruit-eating, gentle people who surely have a thing or two to teach the earthlings.

The film has English intertitles and music by Ronen Thalmay.

Evangeliemandens Liv

Holger-Madsen, 1915

The young hothead Billy is drifting into a life of crime and has a violent quarrel with his girlfriend Nelly. When the lay preacher John Redmond steps in to defend her, Billy is hit by a feeling of remorse. Redmond tells Billy his life's story and inspires him to turn his life around.

Vor fælles Ven

A.W. Sandberg, 1921

A fisherman finds a corpse in a river, and he turns out to have been the victim of murder. The dead man is John Harmon, a millionaire’s son who was just about to inherit his father’s fortune. The investigation abounds with mysterious events, and a stranger suddenly appears – might he be the killer?

About 50% of the film's second half is lost.

Atlantis

August Blom, 1913

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.

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