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Enhver (1915)
Character: Vicar
In 1911 the German poet Hugo von Hofmansthal wrote a new version of the medieval morality play Everyman, and this was staged in Danish translation at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen in 1915. At the time, it was radical example of symbolist abstraction. Its success inspired a film version, Enhver [Everyman], directed by Vilhelm Glückstadt for Filmfabrikken Danmark. The film, however, was set in a modern-day environment. It depict the moral choice confronting its protagonist at struggle because two attendant spirits, one good and one bad. The protagonist is tempted by dark figure of evil and succumbs, rejecting God and leading a life of iniquity, but he is then haunted by guilty visions until he finally dies, asking God for forgiveness at the last moment.
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I Storm og Stille (1915)
Character: Clark
After a misspent youth on the wrong side of the law, Teddy finally meets a woman capable of making him break with the past and settle down. Unfortunately, his debt to a loan shark has forced him to pledge part of his future wife’s dowry. When it turns out that his father-in-law has decided to pay the dowry in smaller instalments and will not pay out a lump sum until after three years of marriage, Teddy finds himself in serious trouble. (Stumfilm.dk)
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Kornspekulanten (1918)
Character: Borg
The wealthy merchant Borg buys up all the country’s grain reserves to control the prices himself. His move creates panic both on the stock exchange and in the streets. However, he meets the seductive Vera, and with her, misfortunes follow one after another like pearls on a necklace. (Stumfilm.dk)
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Nonnen fra Asminderød (1911)
Character: Monk
A monk who cherishes a secret passion for a young lady sees her receive an admirer in secret and tells her father. The father declares that he will place the girl in a convent. This is just what the crafty priest wants.
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Forellen (1942)
Character: N/A
Mrs Clara has been married to Carl Møller for almost 25 years, but she is not happy.
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Dommens dag (1918)
Character: Wolf, van Straetens sekretær
Michael von Straeten is an unscrupulous financier whose harshness and cynicism have earned him the nickname ‘The Tiger’. He destroys his enemies with no mercy and no regrets, watching calmly when his victims come close to starving to death. Will von Straeten see the error of his ways when he is brought face to face with all the evil deeds of his life? Or is it too late for von Straeten to make amends for the lives he has ruined, escaping the ultimate punishment on Judgement Day? (stumfilm.dk)
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Katastrofen i Dokken (1913)
Character: N/A
Gernau, a successful engineer, is married to a younger woman, Anna. Their marriage is fraught with jealousy, with Anna still being wooed by her former sweetheart. When an accident occurs at the inauguration of his life’s work, The Dock, Gernau’s world collapses. He loses his mind and is admitted to a mental hospital. As he gradually returns to his former self, an old obsession stirs: is Anna faithful to him? (stumfilm.dk)
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Zigo (1914)
Character: Zigo, Kapelmester
Dr. Crampton and his wife are dining in a fashionable restaurant, where a gypsy orchestra under the leadership of Zigo, the famous hypnotic violinist, are playing. Struck by her beauty, a desire to possess her overwhelms Zigo.
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Naar man kun er ung (1943)
Character: N/A
Peter West goes to Copenhagen to see if he can make a living as a painter. He is quickly accepted into the circle of young artists in the city. He quickly produces many paintings, but he cannot sell a single one. Susan, a young female journalist, is in love with Peter and decides to help him. Since her father is also an art connoisseur, she takes advantage of him, so that Peter gets a well-deserved breakthrough.
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Tango (1933)
Character: Robert Bernstein
The "Tango Bar" is the fashion of the moment. The city's party-goers have chosen the small, cozy, intimate local venue for the night's wee hours. Gaby Grant is an ideal hostess who knows how to get guests to forget the day's sorrows and troubles - and knows how to get them to pay.
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Telegramtyvene (1915)
Character: Mac Davis
FRAGMENT | Mac Davis runs a small press agency through which he conducts all sorts of shady business. Together with his helpers Clark and Durkins and his girlfriend Ellis he ruthlessly hustles through life. One day, the gang has a fight, and while Clark is thrown out, Durkins and Ellis decide to run away and start a new, righteous life together. Unfortunately, things don't go exactly as planned. (stumfilm.dk)
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Spurve under taget (1944)
Character: Fru Olsen, Olsens flittige Kone
The action takes place in the bleak, overcrowded, and for many too small apartments in one of Copenhagen's bridge districts, where there are both good citizens, but also people who live a shadowy existence. Up in the attic, Mathilde lives alone with her little daughter Vibeke. She is the result of a coincidence, as is so often the case when a young girl from the provinces comes to the Capital. Mathilde comes from Vordingborg, she went to the city to look for work. At the boarding house where she stayed, she made a friend Ellen, a rather frivolous and indifferent young girl.
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Sørensen og Rasmussen (1940)
Character: Kong Frederik d. VII
Hilleborg always speaks negatively about her king's marriage to his left hand, Countess Danner. When it is rumored that King Frederik VII and Countess Danner are on their way to Hilleborg and her husband, Niels Parsberg's estate, Hilleborg refuses to be in the living room with the Countess. She switches roles with the housemaid, Lise Sørensen. Lise and Countess Danner quickly become good friends, while Hilleborg's situation worsens when the king decides to spend the night at the estate.
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Champagnegaloppen (1938)
Character: Tobias Hambroe
Tivoli has just opened and all of Copenhagen is on edge over the beautiful garden and not least the fantastic music. One evening, the young woman Amalie visits the amusement park with her wealthy parents. Here she meets the young musician Jens, and the two fall in love immediately. But the villainous Baron von Listow also has a good eye for Amalie and not least the family fortune.
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Alle gaar rundt og forelsker sig (1941)
Character: Blikkenslager F. Olsen
At the Central Theatre in the chorus girls' cloakroom, the girls have a very lively discussion: The ever-recurring topic - their various male acquaintances. The only one who doesn't join in the joke is the pretty Mette Madsen. She thinks her friends are frivolous and stupid. Oda Holm, who is a very pretty girl, full of sex appeal, claims that Mette, who is also an excellent chairwoman of the chorus girls' organization, is completely devoid of "Oomph". She is incapable of exerting any attraction on men. It becomes too much for Mette.
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Tordenskjold gaar i Land (1942)
Character: Admiral Judichær
The Great Nordic War was in full swing, and the Danes and Norwegians had heard with increasing wonder and excitement about a series of victorious and daring feats practiced by a young frigate commander, Captain Lieutenant Peter Wessel. In the film, we meet the handsome naval hero as he sails home to Copenhagen with the frigate "Løvendal's Galley", which is heavily molested after fierce skirmishes with the enemy.
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To som elsker hinanden (1944)
Character: Snork
On the indebted estate, Gyldenstrup, lives a spoiled and selfish lady, Mrs. Selstrup, with her two spoiled and selfish children, Ellen and Joachim. Her husband has recently died, and the widow completely forgets her grief when lawyer Hansen confides in her that they are in fact very poor. Spoiled and selfish as she is, it seems to her like a disaster that she and her two hopeful offspring may end up living in poorer conditions.
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Thummelumsen (1941)
Character: N/A
In the idyllic provincial town of Gammelkøbing lives Emanuel Thomsen, known as Thummelumsen. It is his great dream to buy the Møllegården, which was once owned by the family, and for 15 years he has been scrimping and saving to get by. In the meantime, he has been followed by several hopeful female glances, because even though Thummelumsen is no Adonis, he is full of energy. And when one day he wins 12,500 kroner in the lottery, everything seems to be going well. But then the bag is shaken once again...
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Tag til Rønneby kro (1941)
Character: N/A
The owner of Rønneby Kro, Bartholdi, is writing his memoirs. When this comes to the ears of prominent citizens, they rush to Rønneby Kro to have the publication stopped. However, Bartholdi is neither a stickler nor a hack. They get help from a lawyer, who only has success when he goes through Bartholdi's grandson.
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De tre skolekammerater (1944)
Character: N/A
At the dinner for their school's 100th anniversary, three old schoolmates meet. All three have done well in life, for Eyvind is now a respected judge, Herluf the stern director of a glassworks and Ove the owner of a printing house. In the time after the dinner, the coincidences of the three men's lives will become entangled in a way none of them could have foreseen. Fortunately, they still have their old principal in the background to pull the strings.
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Mysteriet på Duncan Slot (1916)
Character: N/A
There are strange things going on at Duncan Castle, where some metaphysical being seems to have been spreading a psychological disease.
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Alle mand på dæk (1942)
Character: Skibsreder Hartung
Sailor and tomboy Else (Gerd Gjedved) is fighting for the family's schooner 'Nordstjernen'. Shipping-heir Steen (Hans Kurt) has fallen from his rich father's grace to serve as a 'Nordstjernen' sailor. Will Else and Steen be only colleagues?
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Alt for karrieren (1943)
Character: N/A
Ole Eriksen is a young engineer with lots of good ideas and a lot of courage. That's why it's all the more frustrating that his immediate boss doesn't care about innovation or progress, and that the CEO is more interested in women than business. In the end, Ole can't take it anymore and quits, thereby arousing his sweet wife's concerns. But Ole has a plan...
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En søndag paa Amager (1941)
Character: Jepsen, Amagerbonde
In 1516, King Christian II, on the advice of his Dutch-born mother Sigbrit, summoned 80 members from Holland and let them settle in St. Magleby and the surrounding area with the obligation that they would "supply Copenhagen Castle with the necessary roots and onions". Later, these skilled gardeners mixed with the other inhabitants of the island, almost all of whom adopted their customs and traditions, as well as their peculiar folk costumes.
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Drama på slottet (1943)
Character: N/A
At the old Copenhagen Castle, a strange drama is played out in the year 1699 - the last year of King Christian V's life. One winter day, the young Junker Friedrich von Kötschau comes from Hesse to Christian V's court. The old gloomy castle is filled with sadness, where the king's increasing weakness puts a damper on all the joy of life. Friedrich von Kötschau is a handsome young nobleman, and even His Majesty is delighted with his many cheerful inventions. In addition, he has a prescription for gold, and the king gives him permission to experiment in the castle cellar with the old palace pharmacist Paulus.
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Balletdanserinden (1911)
Character: N/A
The ballet pupil Camilla Favier makes for a quick success and falls for the author Jean Mayol. She discovers a love letter to him from a rich married woman and is devastated. In revenge she reveals the secret love story for the cuckolded husband and his guests at a big party. Later she finds a new love message from the wayward wife and brings it to the husband, who gets furious, grabs a pistol and incites the climax of the story.
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