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Dr. Nicholson And the Blue Diamond
Ubekendt, 1913, 56 min.
Mysterious, hookah-smoking Doctor Nicholson will stop at nothing to get his hands on the valuable “blue diamond.” A rich man’s daughter, a poor French count, a marriage of convenience, bomb threats and explosions, kidnapping and cocaine are just a few of the ingredients in Nicholson’s dogged struggle to obtain the precious diamond.English intertitles.
The Firefly
Einar Zangenberg, 1913, 47 min.
A small girl is kidnapped by a travelling circus. Her heartbroken parents put their trust in their daughter’s young friend, who quickly catches up with the villainous travellers. But however hard the children try, they cannot escape, and as the years pass they are forced to accept their new, hard life on the road.
The Red Club
Ubekendt, 1914, 37 min.
A mysterious film! That was the succinct description in the original programme for ‘The Red Club’ in 1914. One day Baroness Sonja discovers that her boyfriend Prince Stanislaus is engaged to someone else. Red with rage, Sonja vows to seek revenge and joins the Red Club, a mysterious resistance movement for anyone, wanting to have the unpopular prince thrown out.
A Paradise Lost
August Blom, 1913, 1 min.
FRAGMENT | Feeling neglected by her busy husband, Muriel meets the nobleman Emile le Blanc and falls for him head over heels. But he is not what he claims to be.
Atlantis
August Blom, 1913, 114 min.
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.
Acquitted
August Blom, 1914, 53 min.
The honeymoon between the newly married couple Lydia and Count von Teyn soon comes to an end. The count makes his new wife jealous when he helps a female rider who makes obvious advances at him. Lydia has barely forgiven her husband before things go wrong again.
Unjustly Accused
Holger-Madsen, 1913, 56 min.
Count de Croisset proposes to the feted danser Odette Blant. Hewill give her all his love, his fortune and his title – on one condition: She must leave the theatre forever. Odette accepts the offer, assuring herself that she will not miss dancing when she has become a countess.
Love's Devotee
Holger-Madsen, August Blom, 1914, 14 min.
FRAGMENT | Two friends, Fritz and Theodor, make the acquaintance of Christine and Mizzi, who are also friends. Fritz is immediately captivated by Christine, who is bashful and modest as opposed to the eager, effervescent Mizzi. But even though the love between the two grows, Christine is not the only woman in Fritz’s life.
For the Sake of a Man
Holger-Madsen, 1914, 44 min.
MOST WANTED | Betty Nansen was the greatest diva of Danish theatre at the time, and it was quite a feather in the cap for the Nordisk Film studio and its founder, Ole Olsen, when he landed a contract with her in 1913. However, Nansen never truly conquered the medium of film the way that a certain Asta Nielsen did; around this time, ‘Die Asta’ had just set out for Germany. 'For the Sake of A Man', in which Nansen plays alongside one of the greatest male Danish stars of the theatre, Poul Reumert, is among the now-lost Betty Nansen films.
The Princess' Dilemma
Holger-Madsen, 1913, 45 min.
As King Cyril is away fighting at the front, Prime Minister Bouton holds the reins of power firmly in his stead. For a long time, Bouton has taken to Princess Elena who, on the other hand – and to Bouton’s great displeasure – falls in love with the prisoner of war, Captain Henri de Bersin. The love triangle drama reaches its climax when de Bersin asks the princess for help to escape and is then sentenced to death by Bouton.
A Daughter of Eve
Hjalmar Davidsen, 1914, 35 min.
FRAGMENT | Solicitor von Ramm lives alone with his little daughter, whom he had with his teenage sweetheart Klara. At a party, he randomly encounters Klara, who has since married the talented pulmologist von Esmarck. Ramm gives into Klara’s desire to see their child again, and the love between them is suddenly rekindled.
The Seaside Hotel
Ubekendt, 1915, 8 min.
FRAGMENT | When Gregoire and Lola go on a beach holiday to the idyllic Skagen, they don't know yet that the trip will be the end of their marriage. Gregoire may be wealthy, but he is many years older and several pounds heavier than his young wife, who's beauty makes all the male holiday guests turn their necks. Baron Plessen falls in love with Lola, and she quickly gets fond of the idea of replacing her corpulent husband with a handsome nobleman.