Escaping the moving day mess at home, Holm seeks refuge with a good friend. Many hours, and a lot of whisky, later, Holm mistakenly returns to his old address, where the new tenants have long since gone to bed. (stumfilm.dk)
A "vampira", sedenta de homem, mais tarde popularizada por Theda Bara, da América, estreou no cinema nesse melodrama dinamarquês, dirigido por August Blom. Clara Wieth estrelou o papel-título da Vampire Dancer, que é exatamente o que ela era: uma dançarina realizando suas seduções no palco. Fora do palco, a jovem é bondosa e um pouco ingênua. A dança lasciva, durante a qual Robert Dinesen sucumbe aos encantos fatais da dançarina, permaneceu a peça central do filme, que foi um sucesso popular e fez de Wieth uma estrela internacional.
On her way to her aunt's house, motherless young Edith is kidnapped by a white slave trader and put in a brothel. Luckily Mr. Faith, Edith's travel acquaintance, senses that something is wrong.
FRAGMENT. Young Hansen is deeply in love with his boss’s daughter and regularly meets with her in secret. One day, the boss catches them and throws Hansen out on his ear. Hansen goes to the local bar to drown his sorrows. Here he meets a man who gives him some quite special cigars: their smoke seems to have a magical effect. Whenever he puffs smoke into someone’s face, they can be persuaded to do anything. Will his boss also prove susceptible to the magic of the mysterious cigar? Only a fragment of the film survives. The beginning and end are missing. The rest of the plot can be read in the film’s programme. (stumfilm.dk)
When a young Englishman sees the caliph’s favourite wife, it is love at first sight. She shares his feelings, but the seraglio is heavily guarded and the strict caliph lets no-one near his harem. Still, the Englishman will do anything to get his beloved out of there – and with the help of a friend, he comes up with a plan. (stumfilm.dk)
