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The Will
Viggo Larsen, 1908, 7 min.
FRAGMENT | A man lies on his deathbed and shows his will to his carer. After his death, a grieving man and woman come in. The scene changes and we find ourselves on a beach in the company of two couples.
The Other Woman
Viggo Larsen, 1906, 5 min.
A young couple appear to be perfectly happy and in love, but one day the woman discovers that her husband is having an affair. She seeks out his mistress, and the two women agree to resolve their conflict in a duel.The music is composed and performed by Sigrid Aftret for the educational project 'Sounding Silents' – a collaboration between The Danish Film Institute, the Danish National Academy of Music and Rhythmic Music Conservatory.
The Failure
Viggo Larsen, 1907, 5 min.
FRAGMENT | The film is incomplete and there are no preserved programmes which explain the story. The fragment consists of the following scenes: Scene 1: An older and a younger man are talking in a living room. Scene 2: The young man is courting a woman and is rejected on account of another suitor.
The Anarchist's Mother-in-Law
Viggo Larsen, 1906, 4 min.
The anarchist lives a happy and peaceful life with his wife, until his mother-in-law suddenly pays an unwelcome visit. After a series of hardships he makes a drastic decision.
The Short-Sighted Governess
Viggo Larsen, 1909, 4 min.
Out for a stroll, the short-sighted governess is more absorbed in her paper than in governing. This leads to a series of unfortunate events. She returns home with a boy instead of the daughter of the house.
A New Hat for the Madam
Viggo Larsen, 1906, 6 min.
A young woman is out shopping and buys a new hat in the latest fashion. Unfortunately, the hat is so huge that it leaves a trail of destruction wherever she goes. A quite ordinary stroll suddenly becomes deeply problematic.
The Boy With the Sixth Sense
Viggo Larsen, 1907, 6 min.
When a little girl goes missing in the woods, her parents are at a loss as to what to do. To their great relief, a boy with a sixth sense shows the way to the girl using his psychic abilities.
The Merry Widow
Viggo Larsen, 1907, 8 min.
FRAGMENT | In the impoverished Balkan principality of Pontevedrino, a love drama unfolds. The class divide prevents Count Danilo from marrying the peasant girl Hanna. With an aching heart, he moves to Paris, while she becomes engaged to a rich banker who dies soon afterwards, leaving her his large fortune.
The Two Gold Diggers
Viggo Larsen, 1909, 10 min.
Gold fever, jealousy and a seductive woman put the friendship between two gold diggers to the test.In the Wild West, two men set out for the gold mines to seek their fortune. The men have a close friendship, but when the seductive Native American woman Minka shows up with an eerie offer, one of them suddenly faces a difficult dilemma.
The Witch and the Cyclist
Viggo Larsen, 1909, 3 min.
A mischievous witch uses her dark magic on an innocent cyclist until he is all confused. He is forced to pedal backwards and at the same time, his bike changes shape anytime the witch wants it to.
For a Woman's Sake
Viggo Larsen, 1907, 7 min.
A young nobleman arrives at Frederiksborg Castle where a mayor lives with his beautiful daughter. He immediately falls in love with the daughter, who – much to her fiancée's resentment – reciprocates his feelings. Sick with jealousy, the fiancée spies on the new lovers and plans how to get rid of his rival once and for all.
The White Slave Girl
Having responded to a newspaper advertisement, a young girl sets out to take up a position as a housekeeper. Not long after arriving, it transpires that she has fallen into the clutches of the white slave trade. The house is in fact a brothel, and its lecherous clients are queuing up to get a piece of the new girl.