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Bjørnetæmmeren

Alfred Lind, 1912

A bear tamer is hired by a traveling circus and soon gets married to a snake charmer. Not long after the wedding, the snake charmer gets involved in a variety show, and to the bear tamer’s horror, one evening he watches how she’s seduced by a rich man who takes her home.
Luckily, he has a furry, faithful squire who’s always ready to step in.

Den flyvende Cirkus

Alfred Lind, 1912

A tightrope walker from a traveling circus falls deeply in love with the mayor's daughter in a small seaside town. When he saves her from a deadly fire, his feelings are reciprocated by the young woman, who immediately accepts his marriage proposal. To spite the mayor's disapproval of the liaison between his daughter and the poor artist, the tightrope walker prepares a sensational but dangerous act, that will make him worthy of his bride.

Morfinisten

Louis von Kohl, 1911

MOST WANTED | The depiction of morphine abuse was sensational as well as topical at the time, and the film inscribes itself in an international genre that officially sets out to teach a moral lesson while also making money from parading the forbidden.


WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
The young peasant girl Mary is seduced by the sly, morphine-dependent stock market trader John Robert and travels with him to Copenhagen. Unaware of his addiction as well as his status as a married family man, Mary dreams of a magnificent wedding.