Danish films of the 1910s
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The following table is a list of films produced in Denmark
or in the Danish language
in the 1910s. For an alphabetical list of all Danish films currently on Wikipedia see :Category:Danish films. For Danish films from other decades see the Cinema of Denmark box above.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
or in the Danish language
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
in the 1910s. For an alphabetical list of all Danish films currently on Wikipedia see :Category:Danish films. For Danish films from other decades see the Cinema of Denmark box above.
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1910 | ||||||
Dorian Grays portræt | The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel by Oscar Wilde, appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine on 20 June 1890, printed as the July 1890 issue of this magazine... |
Henrik Malberg Henrik Malberg Henrik Malberg was a Danish actor of theater and Danish cinema who played his most noted role at the age of 80—the stoic authoritative farm owner in the Carl Th. Dreyer classic film Ordet.- Career :... |
Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
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1911 | ||||||
Mormonens offer | A Victim of the Mormons A Victim of the Mormons A Victim of the Mormons is a 1911 Danish silent film directed by August Blom. The film was controversial for demonizing the Mormon religion, and its box-office success is cited for initiating a decade of anti-Mormon propaganda films in America... |
August Blom August Blom August Blom was a Danish film director, production leader and pioneer of silent films during the "golden age" of Danish filmmaking from 1910 to 1914.-Career:... |
Clara Pontoppidan Clara Pontoppidan -External links:*... , Valdemar Psilander Valdemar Psilander Valdemar Psilander was a Danish silent film actor, who was the highest paid performer of his period and received critical acclaim as the greatest male lead during the golden era of Danish cinema.-Early life:... |
Melodrama Melodrama The term melodrama refers to a dramatic work that exaggerates plot and characters in order to appeal to the emotions. It may also refer to the genre which includes such works, or to language, behavior, or events which resemble them... |
first anti-Mormon propaganda film | |
1913 | ||||||
Atlantis Atlantis (1913 film) Atlantis is a 1913 Danish silent film directed by August Blom, the head of production at the Nordisk Film company, and was based upon the 1912 novel by Gerhart Hauptmann. It starred an international cast headlined by Danish matinee actor Olaf Fønss and Austrian opera diva Ida Orloff. The film was... |
Atlantis Atlantis (1913 film) Atlantis is a 1913 Danish silent film directed by August Blom, the head of production at the Nordisk Film company, and was based upon the 1912 novel by Gerhart Hauptmann. It starred an international cast headlined by Danish matinee actor Olaf Fønss and Austrian opera diva Ida Orloff. The film was... |
August Blom August Blom August Blom was a Danish film director, production leader and pioneer of silent films during the "golden age" of Danish filmmaking from 1910 to 1914.-Career:... |
Olaf Fønss Olaf Fønss Olaf Fønss was a Danish actor, director, producer, film censor and one of Denmark and Germany's biggest stars of the silent film era.- Biography :... , Ida Orloff Ida Orloff Ida Orloff was an Austrian actress of silent film and the stage. She starred in the classic Danish silent film Atlantis which was based upon the 1912 novel by Gerhardt Hauptmann... , Ebba Thomsen Ebba Thomsen Ebba Thomsen was a Danish actress during the golden era of silent films in Denmark. Thomsen was best known for her roles as the elegant leading lady opposite the Danish matinee idol Valdemar Psilander.-Life and career:... , Carl Lauritzen Carl Lauritzen Carl Lauritzen , was a Danish actor. He appeared in 15 films between 1912 and 1920.-External links:... , Frederik Jacobsen Frederik Jacobsen Frederik Jacobsen , was a Danish actor. He appeared in 27 films between 1911 and 1923.-External links:... , Charles Unthan Carl Herman Unthan Carl Hermann Unthan was a Prussian-born violinist who was born without arms.Unthan's father was a teacher who insisted he not be "coddled". Whether this was the reason or not, Carl reportedly could feed himself at two and around the age of ten is said to have taught himself to play the violin by... , Torben Meyer Torben Meyer Torben Emil Meyer was a Danish character actor who appeared in over 190 films in a 55-year career.-Early career:... |
Romance Romance film Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus... Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
First full length Danish film | |
En Gartnerdreng Søges | ||||||
Skyggedanserinden | ||||||
Lille Claus og Stor Claus | Henrik Malberg Henrik Malberg Henrik Malberg was a Danish actor of theater and Danish cinema who played his most noted role at the age of 80—the stoic authoritative farm owner in the Carl Th. Dreyer classic film Ordet.- Career :... |
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1914 | ||||||
Stærkere end Dynamit | ||||||
Ned med Vaabnene | ||||||
1916 | ||||||
Verdens Undergang Verdens Undergang The End of the World is a 1916 Danish science fiction drama film directed by August Blom and written by Otto Rung, starring Olaf Fønss and Ebba Thomsen. The film depicts a worldwide catastrophe when an errant comet passes by Earth and causes natural disasters and social unrest... |
The End of the World | August Blom August Blom August Blom was a Danish film director, production leader and pioneer of silent films during the "golden age" of Danish filmmaking from 1910 to 1914.-Career:... |
Olaf Fønss Olaf Fønss Olaf Fønss was a Danish actor, director, producer, film censor and one of Denmark and Germany's biggest stars of the silent film era.- Biography :... , Ebba Thomsen Ebba Thomsen Ebba Thomsen was a Danish actress during the golden era of silent films in Denmark. Thomsen was best known for her roles as the elegant leading lady opposite the Danish matinee idol Valdemar Psilander.-Life and career:... |
Science Fiction Science fiction Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities... |
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1919 | ||||||
Blade af Satans bog | Leaves from Satan's Book Leaves from Satan's Book Leaves from Satan's Book is a 1921 drama film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and starring Helge Nissen.-Synopsis:Satan has been cast out from hell and banished to Earth under decree of heaven. He can return, only through a series of temptations. However, for every soul who gives in to his... |
Carl Theodor Dreyer Carl Theodor Dreyer Carl Theodor Dreyer, Jr. was a Danish film director. He is regarded by many critics and filmmakers as one of the greatest directors in cinema.-Life:Dreyer was born illegitimate in Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Helge Nissen, Halvard Hoff | Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
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Præsidenten | ||||||
Saga Borgarættarinnar Saga Borgarættarinnar (film) Saga Borgarættarinnar also known as Borgslægtens historie is a Danish film directed and shot by Gunnar Sommerfeldt in Iceland in 1919, based on the novel by Gunnar Gunnarsson... |
Sons of the Soil | Gunnar Sommerfeldt Gunnar Sommerfeldt Gunnar Sommerfeldt was a Danish actor and film maker.In 1919 he directed Saga Borgarættarinnar , the first feature film shot in Iceland. Sommerfeldt also wrote the script, based on Gunnar Gunnarsson's novel by that name... |
Stefanía Guðmundsdóttir, Guðmundur Thorsteinsson | Drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a... |
First full length film shot in Iceland | |
External links
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