Birger von Cotta-Schønberg
Nascimento : 1889-05-03, Copenhagen, Denmark
Morte : 1958-02-11
Screenplay
Danish drama about a actors passionate love life.
Family man Poul Berg is tempted by a questionable investement offer and indebts himself to a point where suicide seems like the only way out. His widow struggles to maintain even a simple standard of living for herself and their three children, who are fatally marked by their fathers deed. (stumfilm.dk)
Countess Ysabel is a young and rich woman with many suitors. An elegant and adventurous baron has managed to win her heart, but she anyway continues to play with other men’s feelings. Nemesis hits her when a young man with a broken heart kills himself, and the baron at the same time reveals a horrible secret. Ysabe'ls world seems to fall apart.
A Danish dramatization of Sophus Michaëlis' play "Revolutionshochzeit" (Revolutionary Wedding).
George Warren
The first of the Danish crime films about a master criminal with 9 fingers.
Billy Sanders
Young hothead Billy, quick to speak and drifting into a life of crime, has many encounters the community's lay preacher, John Redmond. Billy's conscience stirs as Redmond recounts his life's story. Holger-Madsen supplied three different endings for the film's various releases.
During ceasefire, young lieutenant Brenner gets permission to visit his old father. On his way he rescues an enemy officer from a mean ambush – a favour that will later save his life. (stumfilm.dk)
Konrad, Marthas og Rosas fætter
Martha, a war widow, finds a new zest for life when she meets the noble Captain von Tilling. They marry, but before long he, too, is called to war. In his absence, Martha falls into a depression and is hospitalised. Sick with longing and learning that her banking firm has gone belly-up, she leaves the hospital and takes a train to the battlefield to find her husband. (stumfilm.dk)
A Danish film about Olaf Fønss selling his soul to the devil.
The manufacturer Laroque stops at nothing when trying to destroy his enemies, and this time Fréderic Nessières, one of his competitors, is in the line of fire. With his diabolical, hypnotic power, Laroque has snared Nessières’s wife, Madeleine, in his evil web, and she will now do anything to help her husband’s enemy. But even though Laroque’s first plan to ruin Nessières fails, he does not give up. Once he has selected a victim, he will quite literally fight to the death to vanquish them. (stumfilm.dk)
Desiludido por problemas pessoais e profissionais, o biólogo Friedrich von Kammacher decide viajar para o exterior a fim de recuperar a alegria de viver. Durante sua jornada aventureira, ele encontrará duas mulheres muito diferentes, uma das quais será a chave de seu destino.
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.
Directed by August Blom.