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Danish cinema: Drama
Atlantis (1913)
August Blom
Dr Friedrich von Kammacher is an eminent bacteriologist who is married to a woman who suffers from a severe mental disorder...
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August Blom
Blade af Satans bog (1920)
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Satan is expelled from Heaven and sent to Earth. For every mortal he succeeds in tempting, his sentence is extended by a hundred years; for every mortal who resists his temptation, his sentence is reduced by a thousand years...
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Carl Theodor Dreyer
Blind Justice (1916)
Benjamin Christensen
A party of friends gather at a large country house to welcome in the New Year, not knowing that an escaped convict, John Sikes, is prowling in the vicinity...
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Benjamin Christensen
The End of the World (1916)
August Blom
In a Scandinavian mining town, two sisters, Dina and Edith, live with their aged father. Dina is engaged to a miner Flint, but decides to elope with a wealthy capitalist, Stoll...
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August Blom
Gertrud (1964)
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Gertrud Kanning, a retired opera singer living in Stockholm, is unhappy in her married life. She tells her husband Gustav, a lawyer with a promising political career ahead of him, that she intends to leave him as she no longer loves him...
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Carl Theodor Dreyer
Master of the House (1925)
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Ida Frandsen's life is one of unceasing drudgery. From the crack of dawn to late in the evening, she is busy with the multitude of household chores that need to be done to make life as tolerable as possible for her husband Viktor and their children... [More...]
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Ida Frandsen's life is one of unceasing drudgery. From the crack of dawn to late in the evening, she is busy with the multitude of household chores that need to be done to make life as tolerable as possible for her husband Viktor and their children... [More...]
Ordet (1955)
Carl Theodor Dreyer
In a remote Danish village of the late 1920s, the patriarch Morten Borgen lives on his substantial farm with his three sons - Mikkel, Johannes and Anders... [More...]
Carl Theodor Dreyer
In a remote Danish village of the late 1920s, the patriarch Morten Borgen lives on his substantial farm with his three sons - Mikkel, Johannes and Anders... [More...]
The President (1919)
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Karl Victor von Sendlingen is an important magistrate in an unspecified European town, respected by all for his unstinting devotion to justice... [More...]
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Karl Victor von Sendlingen is an important magistrate in an unspecified European town, respected by all for his unstinting devotion to justice... [More...]
Sealed Orders (1914)
Benjamin Christensen
After war has been declared, Lieutenant van Hauen is summoned to receive some sealed orders from his military superiors containing instructions that will be of paramount importance in the coming offensive... [More...]
Benjamin Christensen
After war has been declared, Lieutenant van Hauen is summoned to receive some sealed orders from his military superiors containing instructions that will be of paramount importance in the coming offensive... [More...]
Vredens dag (1943)
Carl Theodor Dreyer
In the early 17th century, Denmark is gripped by fear of witchcraft. An old woman appeals to Anne, the young wife of a parson, to hide her, but she is caught, tortured and burnt for alleged sorcery... [More...]
Carl Theodor Dreyer
In the early 17th century, Denmark is gripped by fear of witchcraft. An old woman appeals to Anne, the young wife of a parson, to hide her, but she is caught, tortured and burnt for alleged sorcery... [More...]