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De Dødes Ø

Vilhelm Glückstadt, 1913

FRAGMENT | Prince Udo von Freundsberg leads a carefree and irresponsible life in the company of false friends and the beautiful Countess Irma, but in reality he is deeply in debt. At his seaside home, he meets the innocent Flora, daughter of a gardener. She is deeply in love with the prince, prompting a battle between the forces of light and dark inside the prince.

Det hemmelighedsfulde X

Benjamin Christensen, 1914

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. What the van Hauens do not yet know, is that the sleazy Spinelli has a hidden agenda.

The film has English subtitles and music by Neil Brand.

Arvingen til Skjoldborg

Alfred Cohn, 1914

Count Adam sends his son Jørgen abroad to thwart his relationship with Grete, a common miller’s daughter. On the trip, Jørgen is captivated by the exotic Baroness Tarnowa. When news reaches him that Grete has had a stillborn child, he considers his commitment over and proposes to the baroness.

Dr. Nicholson og den blaa Diamant

Ubekendt, 1913

Mysterious, hookah-smoking Doctor Nicholson will stop at nothing to get his hands on the valuable “blue diamond.” A rich man’s daughter, a poor French count, a marriage of convenience, bomb threats and explosions, kidnapping and cocaine are just a few of the ingredients in Nicholson’s dogged struggle to obtain the precious diamond.

English intertitles.

Ildfluen

Einar Zangenberg, 1913

A small girl is kidnapped by a travelling circus. Her heartbroken parents put their trust in their daughter’s young friend, who quickly catches up with the villainous travellers. But however hard the children try, they cannot escape, and as the years pass they are forced to accept their new, hard life on the road.

Den røde Klub

Ubekendt, 1914

A mysterious film! That was the succinct description in the original programme for ‘The Red Club’ in 1914. One day Baroness Sonja discovers that her boyfriend Prince Stanislaus is engaged to someone else. Red with rage, Sonja vows to seek revenge and joins the Red Club, a mysterious resistance movement for anyone, wanting to have the unpopular prince thrown out.

Bristet Lykke

August Blom, 1913

FRAGMENT | Feeling neglected by her busy husband, Muriel meets the nobleman Emile le Blanc and falls for him head over heels. But he is not what he claims to be.

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.

Af Elskovs Naade

August Blom, 1914

The honeymoon between the newly married couple Lydia and Count von Teyn soon comes to an end. The count makes his new wife jealous when he helps a female rider who makes obvious advances at him. Lydia has barely forgiven her husband before things go wrong again.

Under Blinkfyrets Straaler

Robert Dinesen, 1913

Brothers Robert and Hugo lead idyllic lives on a magnificent estate by the water. Their father, the old landowner, favours Robert, while Hugo is the apple of his mother’s eye. However, Hugo is not quite the goody two-shoes he appears to be: he has borrowed money from a crooked moneylender who is now threatening to contact his father.

Ballettens Datter

Holger-Madsen, 1913

Count de Croisset proposes to the feted danser Odette Blant. Hewill give her all his love, his fortune and his title – on one condition: She must leave the theatre forever. Odette accepts the offer, assuring herself that she will not miss dancing when she has become a countess.

Elskovsleg

Holger-Madsen, August Blom, 1914

FRAGMENT | Two friends, Fritz and Theodor, make the acquaintance of Christine and Mizzi, who are also friends. Fritz is immediately captivated by Christine, who is bashful and modest as opposed to the eager, effervescent Mizzi. But even though the love between the two grows, Christine is not the only woman in Fritz’s life.