The usurer Sintram lives and breathes for money and, for this very reason; he disinherits his charitable son Floridan. Embittered, Sintram buries his fortune in the forest and hides a will in a beech tree, with his estate left to anyone who finds it. This act is the only hard physical work the old usurer has done in his life and, ironically, the exhaustion kills him. Meanwhile, Floridan has been employed at a sawmill when he receives the news of his father’s death and his own disinheritance. However, as fate would have it, a certain beech tree finds its way to Floridan’s sawmill.
The film has English intertitles with Danish subtitles.
Director Holger-Madsen was one of Nordisk Films Kompagni’s leading director profiles during the silent film period. He directed around 80 films between 1913 and 1919. Holger-Madsen is especially well-known for ‘The Candle and the Moth’ (1915) and ‘A Trip to Mars’ (1918), which can also be seen on the website.
The film has English intertitles with Danish subtitles.
Director Holger-Madsen was one of Nordisk Films Kompagni’s leading director profiles during the silent film period. He directed around 80 films between 1913 and 1919. Holger-Madsen is especially well-known for ‘The Candle and the Moth’ (1915) and ‘A Trip to Mars’ (1918), which can also be seen on the website.
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