Henry Seemann

Joe, a circus clown, has a chance meeting with a famous French fashion designer, who – enthralled by Joe’s artistic talent – gets him a job in Paris. He quickly becomes the talk of the town, but as we know, wealth and happiness do not always go hand in hand, as opulent big-city living tragically seals the poor clown’s fate.

The year is 1820 and a young, promising artist, Olaf Malm, has settled in Rome, Europe’s centre of art at the time. He is in love with Sigrid, but class differences make their love impossible. Olaf Malm dies in a tragic accident; he allegedly drowns in the Tiber, but his body is never found. Sigrid gives birth to their lovechild, and twenty years later history repeats itself: their son, Henry, who has never known his real parents, loves a woman who is far above him in social rank. Fate brings him back to Rome, where his parents loved and lost each other many years before. (stumfilm.dk)

Explora as origens da feitiçaria e do satanismo através dos séculos, desde a antiguidade até os tempos modernos. Mistura imagens reais com encenações ao longo de sete capítulos. Mostra a intolerância da Igreja Católica frente aos mitos mágicos, e como ela "resolvia" esses problemas. No final, há a comparação entre o comportamento histérico das mulheres contemporâneas (1921) com o das bruxas da Idade Média, e a conclusão é que ele é bem parecido.

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)

A Danish crime film about a master criminal with 9 fingers.

Melodrama in which two doctors looks to create and important drug.

The first of the Danish crime films about a master criminal with 9 fingers.

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 a holiday, the family Gram meets a young, mysterious man who turns out to be a Mormon. In spite of her fiancèe's presence, the daughter Nina is drawn to the stranger. Hypnotized, she soon follows his every step. When she finally awakes from her trance, she finds herself on a ship to Utah, in the clutches of a dangerous man.