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Hallo! Afrika forude!

Lau Lauritzen Sr., 1929

Spirits are always high at the quayside pub The Red Rabbit. One day, adventurers Pat and Patachon come by to look for work. Their luck is in! A police raid sends all the staff to prison.

Under Møllevingen

Ubekendt, 1913

Young engineer Jameson quickly demonstrates his worth at his new workplace. Chief engineer Hooper is more interested in drinking whisky and chasing women than in making accurate calculations for the construction plans. Jameson quickly corrects this sloppiness, and his enthusiasm impresses both the foreman’s daughter Kitty and the manager, who promotes Jameson to chief engineer.

En hustru till låns

Lau Lauritzen Sr., 1920

When Halfdan’s old flame, Karina, comes to town, the reaction of his jealous wife Märthe begins to concern him. But Halfdan has no clue that they’re in fact childhood friends, and the two women agree to keep Halfdan in the dark for a little while longer. When Märthe is on her way out of town, Halfdan sees an opportunity to replace his jealous wife with an actress in order to impress Karina.

Du skal ære din Hustru

Carl Th. Dreyer, 1925

Ida toils from morning till night, while Viktor demands constant attention and is always complaining. When Ida moves back with her mother to recuperate, Mads the nursemaid takes over the household, shaking up Viktor’s daily routines. After a month under Mads's strict tutelage, Viktor is gracious and accommodating, but does he still have a chance with his beloved wife?

The film was directed by Carl Th.

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.

Risking life and limb – on land, at sea and in the air

They rose high and fell hard, the daredevils among the silent film era’s actors, stuntwomen and stuntmen as they performed spectacular and at times downright life-threatening feats of foolhardiness…

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.

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.

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…

The fascination of silent film

THEME. Five prominent fans of silent films share enthusiastic recommendations.