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Danish Silent Film
Silent films, white slavery and rape myths
THEME. New theme about white slavery in silent films. Frida Lind Stokkebæk connects the conflicts played out in the early cinema to our present day.
Film pioneers – A startup fairytale
THEME. Take a trip with editor Lisbeth Richter Larsen and go back in time to when Nordisk Film was an anarchistic start-up, a playful exploratorium of cinematic art.
Lau Lauritzen Sr. - The King of Comedy
THEME. He is the firebrand of farces, the prince of productivity, and the king of comedy. This is the story of the most hardworking humourist in Danish cinema.
Crime and Punishment – Silent crime stories from the vaults
THEME. In the Danish silent era, not unlike today, crime films were all the rage. Peter Schepelern guides you through.
Making It Monumental
THEME. David Bordwell on 'The End of the World' and storytelling strategies characteristic of Danish silent cinema.
The fascination of silent film
THEME. Five prominent fans of silent films share enthusiastic recommendations.
Cinema lost and sometimes found
THEME. Since the advent of sound, around 80 percent of Danish silent films have been lost. But every now and then, some of these lost films are rediscovered.
Funny guys get into trouble
THEME. A governess astray, the Don Juan dreams of a colonel and seriously thirsty revellers – the early farces are populated by caricatures rushing around guided by simple desires. Although the…
Pure magic or modern technology?
THEME on digitization. How is the analogue strip transformed into a digital stream? Join ’Mists of the past’ on its journey from analogue to digital. Follow A.W. Sandberg’s 1925-blockbuster…
Love without words
THEME. A diverse catalogue of the paths and detours of love unfolds in the era of silent film – and with good reason! This is because the language of the heart is, as we all know, silent. What’s…
Asta Nielsen – #Bosslady
THEME. If Asta Nielsen had died only recently, we would be wearing t-shirts with her name emblazoned across our chests. We would sip our morning coffee from cups graced with her dark-rimmed staring…
Betty Nansen – a self-made woman
THEME. The great diva of Danish theatre, Betty Nansen, was the first Danish actress to be headhunted by the American film industry. And before that, Nordisk Film had given her a lucrative contract…