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30 min 1917

A Lonely Woman

Professor Bjørn has spent years and months developing a serum against cancer.

A Lonely Woman

53 min 1914

Acquitted

The honeymoon between the newly married couple Lydia and Count von Teyn soon comes to an end.

Acquitted

140 min 1922

David Copperfield

After ten happy childhood years, the life of David Copperfield takes an obscure turn.

David Copperfield

79 min 1921

Mirrors of the Soul

When the rich man’s son Egil falls in love with the poor showgirl Rigi, his family is sceptical.

Mirrors of the Soul

62 min 1915

The Master Physician

Goethe’s Faust myth makes an appearance in this drama about a dispute between two scientists.

The Master Physician

97 min 1926

The Sleeping House

As their shared wealth disappears, Elisabet’s love for her husband Richard also evaporates.

The Sleeping House

66 min 1916

Eve

When Eve Vange regains her sight after a successful operation, she falls in love with her saviour – the young ophthalmologist Juel.

Eve

37 min 1915

The Indian Idol

When a dying patient gives him a statue of an Indian god, the doctor John Schmidt thinks nothing of it.

The Indian Idol

37 min 1914

The Red Club

A mysterious film! That was the succinct description in the original programme for ‘The Red Club’ in 1914.

The Red Club

82 min 1922

The Last of the Family

Niels has everything a young person could wish for.

The Last of the Family

81 min 1924

Honeymoon Island

Shipowner Holm’s young wife Grete has a head full of romantic ideas.

Honeymoon Island

103 min 1923

Love in Exile

In Horsens, the exiled Russian princess Elisabeth Antonovna is imprisoned.

Love in Exile

78 min 1928

Strength and Beauty

Although the twins Flora and Dora attend the School of Sculpture, their real calling lies in gymnastics.

Strength and Beauty

37 min 1911

The Ballet Dancer

Ballet dancer Camille dreams of becoming an actress.

The Ballet Dancer

101 min 1922

The Hourglass

The lawyer Magnus Brygge has everything – a good job, two beautiful children and a young, beautiful student who has set her eyes on him.

The Hourglass

13 min 1911

Dearly Purchased Honour

Doctor Thaw cheats on his wife, Rose, with her friend, Nina.

Dearly Purchased Honour

60 min 1917

Sister Cecilia

Countess Schach is ill and her estate is impoverished.

Sister Cecilia

46 min 1919

The Soul of the Violin

A young violinist, Emanuel, dreams of becoming the best in the world.

The Soul of the Violin

71 min 1922

The Adventures of Japhet IV

Japhet is imprisoned and sentenced to death for a murder he never committed.

The Adventures of Japhet IV

71 min 1922

The Adventures of Japhet III

Japhet and Tim have hired a ship bound for the Portuguese port city of Pontevidera, where Japhet hopes to find his father.

The Adventures of Japhet III

77 min 1922

The Adventures of Japhet II

Two friends, Japhet and Tim, travel to London with the gypsy girl Fleta.

The Adventures of Japhet II

141 min 1922

The Adventures of Japhet I

The infant Japhet Newman is left on the steps of the orphanage.

The Adventures of Japhet I

31 min 1912

Vanquished

A beautiful but eccentric countess amuses herself by subjecting her numerous suitors to silly tests.

Vanquished

103 min 1924

My Friend the Detective

You can't necessarily use literature to solve a murder.

My Friend the Detective

53 min 1918

A Man's Sacrifice

Colleagues Maurice and Charles are connected through a close friendship, as Maurice is engaged to Charles’ daughter Vera.

A Man's Sacrifice

33 min 1911

The Rights of Youth

Court huntsman, Søtoft, is courting his daughter Else’s lady-in-waiting, Miss Engelke.

The Rights of Youth

42 min 1911

Homeless

Musical Magda has three suitors – the insidious bank clerk Hilmer, the kind-hearted Dr.

Homeless

43 min 1912

The Snake Dancer

A bear tamer is hired by a traveling circus and soon gets married to a snake charmer.

The Snake Dancer

45 min 1914

In the Shadow of the Throne

When Prince Otto is involved in a hunting accident, the game warden’s daughter Ellen becomes his nurse.

In the Shadow of the Throne

48 min 1918

Love Your Neighbor!

There’s an uproar in the small fishing village, as the greedy businessman Consul Warming forces the fishermen to work both day and night.

Love Your Neighbor!

26 min 1911

The Aviator's Generosity

When journalist Warren discovers that a charming pilot is about to seduce his wife, he decides to take revenge.

The Aviator's Generosity

47 min 1920

The Actor's Love-Story

19-year-old Melitta von Windheim is profoundly fascinated by the famous actor Ludvig Romay.

The Actor's Love-Story

134 min 1925

Don Quixote

The poor landowner Don Quixote is obsessed with chivalric romances.

Don Quixote

58 min 1915

A Revolution Marriage

It’s the spring of 1793 and the French Revolution is raging.

A Revolution Marriage

29 min 1912

Fire at Sea

The popular artist Frank Harvey has been offered a job in America.

Fire at Sea

41 min 1912

Bride of Death

Otto Beckert has taken to his cousin, Aase, who has promised her heart to Tage Henning.

Bride of Death

47 min 1918

Premiere Night

When her husband, an aspiring poet, gets his theatrical script rejected, Agnes Holck decides to take matters into her own hands.

Premiere Night

45 min 1913

The Princess' Dilemma

As King Cyril is away fighting at the front, Prime Minister Bouton holds the reins of power firmly in his stead.

The Princess' Dilemma

101 min 1925

Copenhagen’s Sherlock Holmes

Karen Wang and her beloved Kai Ørn live happily together.

Copenhagen’s Sherlock Holmes

74 min 1917

The Pierrot

Gross misunderstandings result in the young actor Jean leaving his wife and child.

The Pierrot

93 min 1929

Clever Cannibals

Spirits are always high at the quayside pub The Red Rabbit.

Clever Cannibals

70 min 1918

Love the conqueror

Alice, the seventeen-year-old daughter of millionaire John Payne, is dying.

Love the conqueror

88 min 1920

Shadow Plays

After years living in the province, the well-respected lawyer Poul Lindorph returns to the capital.

Shadow Plays

31 min 1910

From the Depths of the City

A wealthy estate-owner travels to Copenhagen to experience what life is like in the city.

From the Depths of the City

61 min 1914

Raphael, the Gypsy

A baby’s christening turns into a nightmare when Baron and Baroness von Wilhjelm’s young son is kidnapped by travellers.

Raphael, the Gypsy

131 min 1924

Little Dorrit

Amy Dorrit – nicknamed Little Dorrit – was born in Marshalsea debtors prison, where her father has been incarcerated for a minor debt for the last 23 years.

Little Dorrit

113 min 1922

Great expectations

A charitable childhood deed holds fateful consequences for poor Pip.

Great expectations

54 min 1925

Sunshine Valley

While on an excursion in the mountains, aging natural scientist, Professor Karker, discovers an idyllic valley.

Sunshine Valley

97 min 1929

The mannequins

Pat and Patachon live in the attic of an old house along with a number of other curious kinds of people.

The mannequins

99 min 1932

In the Army

While enjoying a glorious summer’s day at the beach, Pat and Patachon meet the beautiful Mona, whom they both fall in love with.

In the Army

28 min 1911

The Manicurist with the Big Heart

The aristocratic Krag refuses to let his daughter marry the bourgeois Carl Vedel, even though the whole family begs him to permit the match.

The Manicurist with the Big Heart

37 min 1918

Queen of clubs

‘Go to Bessie immediately; you will be safe there,’ reads the farewell letter that Sonja finds in her father’s home after it has been robbed.

Queen of clubs

34 min 1911

The Price of Beauty

Countess von Würzen is of a certain age, but she still captivates the men she meets on her way.

The Price of Beauty

71 min 1919

The President

By his father’s deathbed, the young Karl Victor von Sendlingen swears that he will never make the same mistake his father made in his youth: to marry a girl beneath his own station.

The President

102 min 1928

The Joker

It is springtime, and people from near and far set out for Nice to attend the city’s annual carnival.

The Joker

42 min 1912

The Modern Girl

Upon suddenly losing his fortune, the young Count Berner sets out for New York to try his luck there.

The Modern Girl

33 min 1912

Love in the Tropics

The young Englishman Cecil Brown lives and works on a tea plantation in India.

Love in the Tropics

30 min 1912

The Craftsman's Adventure

A carpenter’s apprentice, Spaan (‘Chip’), has been thrown out by his master for being romantically involved with his daughter, Ernestine.

The Craftsman's Adventure

139 min 1921

Our mutual friend I-II

A fisherman finds a corpse in a river, and he turns out to have been the victim of murder.

Our mutual friend I-II

31 min 1914

A Golden Heart

After a series of failed stock market speculations, the banker Grant is on the verge of bankruptcy.

A Golden Heart

73 min 1928

The King of Pelicania

Princess Lola has been exiled from her native Pelicania after one of her relatives usurped the throne.

The King of Pelicania

17 min 1923

The Golden Horn

Friends Peder and Oluf are neighbours and meet regularly for a pint and a game of chess.

The Golden Horn

92 min 1927

The Thunderstones

Hans and Elinor are in love, but have to meet clandestinely to avoid the keen eyes of the headmistress at the home for girls where Elinor lives.

The Thunderstones

42 min 1914

Alone with the Devil

The manufacturer Laroque stops at nothing when trying to destroy his enemies, and this time Fréderic Nessières, one of his competitors, is in the line of fire.

Alone with the Devil

33 min 1911

Lady Mary's Love

Miss Vibeke takes no pleasure in hearing of her fiancé’s imminent arrival.

Lady Mary's Love

71 min 1918

Day of Judgement

Michael von Straeten is an unscrupulous financier whose harshness and cynicism have earned him the nickname ‘The Tiger’.

Day of Judgement

22 min 1910

Elves' Hill

The first film adaptation of Heiberg’s classic play about a superstitious mother, Karen, the elf-maiden Agnete and King Christian IV.

Elves' Hill

64 min 1917

A Prince of Bharata

At a European seaside resort, Elly von Langen, the beautiful daughter of an officer, meets an elegant Indian maharajah and falls in love with him.

A Prince of Bharata

98 min 1924

Undercurrents

A talentless artist with a greatly inflated ego, Carlo Morton, has enchanted the naïve Helga with tales from Italy.

Undercurrents

28 min 1918

The Road to Happiness

Peter Niemand, a blacksmith by trade, is prone to drink and has something of a bad reputation with his comrades and his employer alike.

The Road to Happiness

32 min 1912

The White Slave Trade III

A young woman, Nina, works as a singer at a Copenhagen variety theatre, but when her contract expires she suddenly finds herself with no income to support her and her old mother.

The White Slave Trade III

48 min 1911

In the Hands of Imposters

On her way to her aunt's house, motherless young Edith is kidnapped by a white slave trader and put in a brothel.

In the Hands of Imposters

81 min 1922

The Hand of Fate

The film is the first film adaptation of Steen Steensen Blicher’s short story about a real-life miscarriage of justice from the seventeenth century.

The Hand of Fate

106 min 1916

Blind Justice

On New Year's Eve, the convicted murderer, Strong John (‘Henry’ in the original Danish), escapes from prison and collects his son from the orphanage.

Blind Justice

44 min 1919

Poor Karin

Karin is a model for the painter Otto Werner, with whom she is very much in love.

Poor Karin

44 min 1915

Carl Alstrup’s Love, ltd.

A penniless student, Jean Valour, falls in love with a millionaire’s daughter, Madeleine Chanteloup.

Carl Alstrup’s Love, ltd.

65 min 1919

Towards the Light

Countess Ysabel is a young, wealthy woman adored by many men.

Towards the Light

58 min 1913

Unjustly Accused

Count de Croisset proposes to the feted danser Odette Blant.

Unjustly Accused

34 min 1911

The Amateur's Generosity

The pilot Vidart and his good friend Aubert are competing against each other in an aviation contest.

The Amateur's Generosity

45 min 1911

A Victim of the Mormons

On a holiday, the family Gram meets a young, mysterious man who turns out to be a mormon.

A Victim of the Mormons

107 min 1925

Mists of The Past

The year is 1820 and a young, promising artist, Olaf Malm, has settled in Rome, Europe’s centre of art at the time.

Mists of The Past

26 min 1911

When Passion Blinds Honesty

The poor shipwright's daughter Hulda i dating the equally poor clerk Aage.

When Passion Blinds Honesty

28 min 1917

The Secret of the Night Express

A dead man is found near the railway tracks, and his watch has stopped on the exact time the night train to New York is passing the spot.

The Secret of the Night Express

39 min 1912

The Great Circus Catastrophe (Fire)

When Count Willy von Rosenörn finds himself broke, he moves in to an artist hotel where he meets the staff of Circus Carino.

The Great Circus Catastrophe (Fire)

33 min 1910

The White Slave Trade

Anna, a young girl from a poor but honest household, is offered an attractive position as a lady's companion in London.

The White Slave Trade

49 min 1916

Two People

Money trouble forces Henry de Santos to marry the bankier's daughter, Rosa, even though his heart belongs to the flower girl, Carmian.

Two People

46 min 1912

The Pride of the Circus

A tightrope walker from a traveling circus falls deeply in love with the mayor's daughter in a small seaside town.

The Pride of the Circus

73 min 1916

The Flaming Sword

Mine worker West lives in a small mining town with his daughters Edith and Dina.

The Flaming Sword

35 min 1911

The Four Devils

As children, Fritz and Adolphe are sold to a traveling showman, who trains them to become circus artists.

The Four Devils

90 min 1914

Sealed Orders

Not long before marine officer van Hauen goes off to war and heavy-heartedly leaves his family, he coincidentally discovers that his wife has a secret liaison with the dubious Count Spinelli.

Sealed Orders

71 min 1928

The Film Heroes

By coincidence, Pat and Patachon are cast for the lead roles in a major film production.

The Film Heroes

41 min 1911

Temptations of a Great City

Mrs Hellertz is distraught about her son Aage, who – in spite of a good pay and generous support from home – manages to spend every penny on debauchery in the night life.

Temptations of a Great City

62 min 1915

The Candle and the Moth

The young hothead Billy is drifting into a life of crime and has a violent quarrel with his girlfriend Nelly.

The Candle and the Moth

101 min 1927

At the North Sea

When Pat and Patachon arrive in the small fishing village at the North Sea they are completely unaware of the adventure that lies ahead.

At the North Sea

16 min 1915

The Cable Thieves

FRAGMENT | Mac Davis runs a small press agency through which he conducts all sorts of shady business.

The Cable Thieves

62 min 1917

The Clown

The circus clown Joe Higgins is scouted by a world famous artist agent, who promises him fame and fortune.

The Clown

33 min 1915

Through the Enemy's Lines

During ceasefire, young lieutenant Brenner gets permission to visit his old father.

Through the Enemy's Lines

35 min 1910

A Recruit From 64

The year is 1864, and the young officer cadet Felix courageously throws himself at the prussian troops in Fredericia.

A Recruit From 64

48 min 1912

The Black Chancellor

Chancellor von Rallenstein is terrorizing the country.

The Black Chancellor

52 min 1911

The Girl Behind the Counter

Edgar the rich man’s son meets Ebba the waitress, and sparks fly.

The Girl Behind the Counter

52 min 1918

In the Thrall of Opium

A deeply indebted count blackmails his old school friend to rescind his engagement to the millionaire's daughter Lizzie.

In the Thrall of Opium

75 min 1922

Once Upon a Time

FRAGMENT | The Princess of Illyria has spurned every suitor, when a gypsy loitering around the castle catches her eye.

Once Upon a Time

106 min 1925

Master of the House

Ida toils from morning till night, while Viktor demands constant attention and is always complaining.

Master of the House

50 min 1914

The Heir to Skjoldborg

Count Adam sends his son Jørgen abroad to thwart his relationship with Grete, a common miller’s daughter.

The Heir to Skjoldborg

67 min 1916

In Defence of the Nation

Out of the blue, war is declared, making two otherwise friendly neighbouring nations deadly enemies.

In Defence of the Nation

84 min 1924

Hadda Padda

Hrafnildur, also known as “Hadda Padda", and her sister Kristrun are spending the summer in scenic Breidabol with Hadda Padda’s fiancé, Ingolf.

Hadda Padda

49 min 1916

The Man Without a Future

While holidaying, the beautiful heiress Grace meets the love of her life.

The Man Without a Future

7 min 1911

The Black Hood

Sherlock Holmes is hired to locate a husband abducted by “The Black Hood".

The Black Hood

92 min 1919

The Power of Love

Nina turns in a wanted criminal, Carl Weldon, to get the reward and save her ailing mother.

The Power of Love

82 min 1917

Peace On Earth

A peace-loving prince and his followers dream of eternal peace – pax aeterna.

Peace On Earth

28 min 1912

Gorki, the Demon Detective

Hjalmar leads a double life; during the day, he is a clerk at his father’s bank while at night, he leads a notorious gang known as “Heldet” (Fortune).

Gorki, the Demon Detective

30 min 1913

Crossed Swords

The two young officers Edmond and Clayton both fall in love with Rose – the daughter of the Minister of War.

Crossed Swords

83 min 1918

A Friend of the People

The social storm after World War I divides the people.

A Friend of the People

100 min 1920

Beyond the Barricade

Family man Poul Berg is tempted by a questionable investement offer and indebts himself to a point where suicide seems like the only way out.

Beyond the Barricade

81 min 1918

A Trip to Mars

Inspired by Napoleon, the navy officer Avanti Planetaros endeavours to chart the cosmos and explore its strange planets.

A Trip to Mars

68 min 1915

Lay Down Your Arms!

Martha, a war widow, finds a new zest for life when she meets the noble Captain von Tilling.

Lay Down Your Arms!

114 min 1913

Atlantis

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.

Atlantis

47 min 1916

Her Son

Attorney Krogh and his wife, Gerda, are distraught about their only son, Kai, a wastrel and ne’er-do-well with no aim or direction in life.

Her Son

75 min 1923

The Hill Park Mystery

Police reporter Erik Brandt is sent off for some rest and recreation after solving a murder under the nose of the police.

The Hill Park Mystery

103 min 1924

The House of Shadows

Thor Brekanæs is found murdered in the moraine near his farm.

The House of Shadows

80 min 1923

Struggling Hearts

The year is 1658 and the King of Sweden has seized large parts of Denmark.

Struggling Hearts

139 min 1926

The Golden Clown

Joe, a circus clown, has a chance meeting with a famous French fashion designer.

The Golden Clown

47 min 1913

The Firefly

A small girl is kidnapped by a travelling circus.

The Firefly

56 min 1913

Dr. Nicholson And the Blue Diamond

Mysterious, hookah-smoking Doctor Nicholson will stop at nothing to get his hands on the valuable “blue diamond.

Dr. Nicholson And the Blue Diamond

53 min 1911

The Black Dream

Stella, a circus princess, has two suitors: young, handsome Count Waldberg and the greying, hidebound jeweller Hirsch.

The Black Dream

38 min 1910

The Abyss

Magda, a piano teacher, meets Knud, a parson’s son, who invites her to spend the summer at his parents’ parsonage.

The Abyss

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