Johannes Meyer
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Handsome smart tall blonde Danish performer Johannes Meyer born in 1884. After graduating grom Gymnasium, Mayer applied twice to the Royal Theatre School and was twice rejected. He made his stage debut at the Dagmarteatret in Copenhagen in 1905 and went on to perform at nearly every theatre in Copenhagen. He appeared in more than 100 movies, making his first film playing the role of Erneste des Tressailles in Viggo Larsen's 'Revolutionsbryllup' at the Nordist Film Co in 1909, His most memorable role as Viktor Frandsen in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 'Master of the House' at the Palladium Film Co in 1925. He was mostly seen in character or supporting roles in many talkies from 1933 until his last film appearance playing the role of Bilvis in Gabriel Axel's 'Hagbard and Signe' in 1967. He was also active on radio and in T.V. dramas and was stage director of the Fonixteatret and Norrebros Theatre before he was hired by the Royal Theatre in 1941. Died in Denmark in 1972 age 88.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Skodsborg, Denmark
Birthday: May 28, 1884
Deathday: November 04, 1972
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Leaves from Satan's Book
Overview: The power of Satan is highlighted in four historical tales: the betrayal and subsequent arrest of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution and the execution of Marie Antoinette, and the Finnish War of Independence in 1918.
Genres: Drama History Fantasy Horror
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1920-11-15
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Fodboldpræsten
Overview: -Søren Holm bliver præst i den lille by Harslev. Sognerådsformanden fru Andersen blander sig i præstefamiliens privatliv, og da Søren, for at komme i tale med byens mandlige ungdom, spiller med i en fodboldkamp, bliver fru Andersen gal. Halvdelen af sognet vender Søren ryggen. Men Søren gør et godt arbejde for ungdommen og efterhånden bliver han med degnens mellemkomst både accepteret af sognerådet og af byens ungdom.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1951-09-24
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Mosekongen
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Genres: Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1950-12-26
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The Gambler's Wife
Overview: A past lover ignites a fiery gambling addiction within the reckless Prince Spinarosa. The old lover, Asta Leonhard, ensures that the prince acquires a royal gambling debt. Princess Spinarosa is a famous dancer in her own right and graciously offers her husband a piece of jewellery to cover his debt. One day she sees Asta wearing that very same piece of jewellery. Shattered by humiliation, the Princess realises that she must walk away from the prince and everything she knows. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1913-12-29
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Styrmand Karlsen
Overview: First mate Knud Karlsen has just received sad news from his girlfriend. On board the ship is also chef Valdemar, sailor Ole, owner's confident son Robert and a whole bunch of eager sailors. On board develops the drama out every minute, culminating in the film's climax, when a fire breaks out on board
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1958-10-30
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2 Minutes Late
Overview: The body of a loose-living woman is discovered. Who murdered her? Her new hard-drinking boyfriend? Maybe her playboy ex-lover with a criminal past? Or the ex-lover’s pathologically jealous wife. Or..?
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1952-08-15
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Meet Me on Cassiopeia
Overview: Komponisten John Berger er plaget af ægteskabelige problemer og kæmper med en deadline for musikken til en operette. Da han får besøg af musikkens muse Polyhymnia, begynder melodierne at flyde, men hun bliver samtidig årsag til en masse forviklinger i det jordiske liv. Hun forelsker sig, ligesom Johns kone Irene, i flyverløjtnanten Harry, mens hendes far Zeus misbilligende ser til og beslutter sig for at gribe ind. Alt imens nærmer premieren på operetten sig med hastige skridt.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1951-10-03
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Café Paradis
Overview: Café Paradis is an award-winning Danish film made in 1950, directed by Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen Jr., and written by Johannes Allen. The film received the Bodil Award for Film of the Year, and Ib Schønberg, for what is regarded his finest performance, received the Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Genres: Family Drama Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1950-10-21
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Tag til Rønneby kro
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Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1941-12-26
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Den gamle mølle paa Mols
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Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1953-02-25
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Dorte
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Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1951-12-17
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Avismanden
Overview: At Vesterbros Torv in Copenhagen, Olsen has his newspaper kiosk. Here comes high and low in society: Homeless, a district attorney with pain in marriage, a barmaid and a writer. They all fight with theirs, while Olsen's good heart makes him interfere in everything he can.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1952-04-14
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Rasmines bryllup
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1935-02-11
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Flemming and Kvik
Overview: A Danish movie about the life of Flemming and his best friend Kvik.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1960-10-16
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Husmandstøsen
Overview: Helga is on a farm, where she is seduced by her husband, Per Mortensen. As it turns out she is with child, she gets a tough time among local residents. They consider it the greatest shame that can befall a young, unmarried girl. Per refuses bargain to be the father of the child. Her parents can not afford to keep the baby, so she tries to go to court - without result. Fortunately, she gets a new duty station at Torpegaarden where she thrives. In particular, she has a good eye to his son on the farm, Gudmund. He also liked the young girl
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1952-12-27
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Master of the House
Overview: A bully browbeats his wife and children until he meets his match in the woman who raised him.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1925-10-05
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Landsbylægen
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Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1961-12-26
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Saa til Søs
Overview: Tre enfoldige fisker-brødre nyder livet. De får hjælp af den unge pige Sus, der styrer hus og hjælper til på fiskekutteren. Da brødrene får et godt tilbud om at låne penge til Hotel slår de straks til. Der er dog den skumle entreprenør Gravenkop de låner pengene af. Samtidig bliver der smuglet til byen; billig sprut er i omløb. Sus forsøger sammen med sin ven Stille at opklare forbrydelsen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1933-12-26
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Under byens tage
Overview: Under byens tage går livet sin brogede gang. Det veksler med tårer og smil, med lykke og sorg. I kunstner-restauranten "Mona Bar" i indre by fungerer den tidligere model Mona Frank som kunstnernes gudinde. Hun hjælper både med penge og hjertesorger. Mellem de mange kunstnere har Niels Brandemose sit eget ansigt. Han er for nylig kommet til byen for at gå på Akademiet, og hele hans higen og lyst står til at blive maler.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1938-04-17
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Krudt og klunker
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1958-04-06
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Støvsugerbanden
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Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1963-02-25
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Tre finder en kro
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Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1955-09-21
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Vejrhanen
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Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1952-07-14
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Count Dahlbog's Secret
Overview: FRAGMENT | These recordings were part of Valdemar Psilander’s live performance at the Royal Orfeum in Budapest, in February and March 1914. Psilander financed the show himself, and it was a mixture of film and theatre under the title Count Dahlborg’s Secret. The film footage, which unfortunately hasn’t been preserved in its entirety, opened the performance, after which Psilander himself rode onto the stage and continued the action. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1914-01-01
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Som sendt fra himlen
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1951-11-15
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The Pig Boy and The Princess and the Pea
Overview: Two of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales in a blend of animation and live-action.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-11-23
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Derailed
Overview: A young woman of good family is driven into one of thieves and prostitutes and ends in suicide.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1942-02-19
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Incognito
Overview: Incognito is a 1937 Danish family film directed by Valdemar Lauritzen and starring Ib Schønberg.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1937-02-09
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Hendes store aften
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1954-03-12
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The Red Horses
Overview: The old renowned Landboskole is spreading a new team of Agricultural Candidates after completing the Course.
Genres: Drama Family Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1950-01-09
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Frk. Kirkemus
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Genres: Family Drama Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1941-12-26
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Vi som går køkkenvejen
Overview: The beautiful and spoiled manufacturer's daughter Helga defiantly bets with her friends whether she can survive a whole year as a working housekeeper without financial help.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1953-02-02
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Tine
Overview: Danish melodrama about a housemaid struggling to find normalcy and love in the midst of war.
Genres: Romance Drama War
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1964-09-04
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Teatertosset
Overview: A lost hat brings a powerful director and an aspiring actress together.
Genres: Comedy Music Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1944-02-28
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My Dear Wives
Overview: The celebrated actor George Bergmann has four divorces behind him. When his four former wives get the impression that he is cozying up to a very young actress, they feel that they must take action. However, this leads to various misunderstandings and complications, which partly involves the former wives' new men and partly the young girl's strict parents.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1943-05-24
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While the Christmas Bells Rings
Overview: It is Christmas Eve, and some are finding it easier to look forward to the upcoming celebrations than others. In the home of Widow Ejlersen and her adult son John, money is tight. John has spent his last dime on his mother’s rent, and as his boss refuses to give him an advance, he cannot even buy her a Christmas present. That evening, John drifts aimlessly along the wintry streets while his boss, manufacturer Berg, and his little daughter Else open large presents in their beautiful, warm living room. In sheer desperation, John decides to rob Berg’s house, and the evening takes an unexpected turn. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1917-12-26
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Fra den gamle købmandsgaard
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Genres: Romance Comedy Family Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1951-12-06
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Death Comes at High Noon
Overview: A dark evening, a crime writer Peter Sander, drives through a forest when his car runs out of petrol . A little distance from the road there is a house with lighted windows, and he goes there to borrow a phone. Suddenly he trips over a tree root and sprain one foot . He lags up the forest road . Then there is a shot, a moment after running steps. A beam cuts through the dark. It goes out . The steps moves away. Peter gets up and stomps up to the house . No one responds to his knokking.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1964-07-31
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Lynet
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Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1934-09-26
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Alarm
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1938-02-21
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The Face of Truth
Overview: Lau Lauritzen plays an ordinary architect, with a wife and a son. He gets accused for killing a 10-year old girl, and of course nobody doubts he's the one. Even his wife and his uncle has trouble believing him, but at least they don't tell him.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1951-08-21
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Det stod i avisen
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Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1962-09-25
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Det store løb
Overview: Den gamle godsejer Vilhelm Stone har på grund af svaghed for kvinder og spil ødelagt sit ægteskab, mistet sin søn og sine venner. Men da han dør, vender sønnen Niels hjem fra Australien for at overtage godset. Så let går det dog ikke. Sagførere trækker arvesagen i langdrag, og i første omgang arver Niels kun galophesten Ibrahim. Niels satser hårdt på at vinde årets store løb på galopbanen, og det er her Poul Reichhardt synger den berømte schlager Ibrahim til sin hest.. I kampen for at få familie-godset får Niels utrolig hjælp af sin tro følgesvend, karlen Nicholajsen.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1952-12-22
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Hejrenæs
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Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1953-02-27
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Historien om Hjortholm
Overview: The estate Hjortholm is rescued from bankruptcy, as the pleasant doctor Christian Riis fetches the young engineer Erik Kongsted to the estate.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1950-10-05
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The Blinded
Overview: The young mechanic Borge Rasmussen works in Salling Harbour and lives with the slightly older Marinus Frederiksen, who chairs the city's port workers. Marinus sees in Borge, who has lost his parents, his only friend and is easily influenced by his extremist views.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1955-08-08
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Besættelse
Overview: Den midaldrende manufakturhandler Jens Steen er på vej til sit sommerhus ved Vestkysten for at slappe af. Helt alene. Imens er 20-årige Else Petersen på spanden - og hun vejrer en ferie med alt betalt. Med klassisk kvindelist fedter hun sig ind hos Jens Steen, der bliver besat af hendes skønhed og ungdom. Men da den lokale, jyske cykelmekaniker skruer op for charmen, kommer der kurrer på tråden. Og inden længe har Jens Steen en skandale på hånden, som han kun kan gøre ét for at afvige Selveste Bodil Ipsen instruerede i 1944 et af den danske filmhistories få film-noir dramaer. Besættelse er en fremragende film om følelsernes yderpunkter og tilværelsens ulidelige lethed.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1944-10-27
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De blaa drenge
Overview: Sylvia Grøn bliver fyret som lærerinde. I stedet slår hun sig sammen med sin store beundrer, skuespilleren Herman Sander. Sylvia Grøn lægger sine sparepenge i hans rejsende teater, men det går dårligt for teatret. Billedet af Herman Sander falmer også efterhånden som tiden går. Sylvias gamle elev, Eva Kristoffersen, søger tilflugt i teatertruppen. Hun er hemmeligt forelsket i komponisten Henrik Brandt. Lige inden nøglen må drejes om for teatergruppen får Sylvia en ide. Henrik Brandt har skrevet et teaterstykke og det vil hun sætte op.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1933-08-15
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Lykken kommer
Overview: Det rige par Jytte og Ole bruger livet til fest og ballade. Efter endnu en aften og nat med fest beslutter ægteparret at blive skilt. Næste dag fortæller de dette til onkel Frederik, der i stedet foreslår et væddemål: i et år skal Jytte og Ole leve for 400,- kr. om måneden, for at de kan mærke hvordan almindelige mennesker lever. De går ind på forslaget og flytter ind i en lille lejlighed. Efterhånden lærer de at klare sig, men opgiver dog væddemålet efter en måned. Da Ole fortæller onkel Frederik, at de ikke vil være med mere, kan Frederik desværre fortælle dem, at han har sat deres formue over styr. Da Ole kommer hjem får han at vide, at Jytte er gravid. Dette ændrer i høj grad deres liv - Jytte og Ole har pludselig fået et livsindhold.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1942-12-21
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Otte akkorder
Overview: Eight separate family dramas (uncovering many aspects of deceit) are woven together to the sound of a certain Chopin waltz.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1944-11-04
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Jenny and the Soldier
Overview: A good natured soldier with a killer right hand falls in love with a beautiful girl who has a troubled past.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1947-10-30
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Sommerglæder
Overview: What might become the greatest challenge for the elderly Brasen couple having opened a summer guest house by the sea? Financial struggle or the sudden influx of demanding residents? Based on Herman Bang's short-story.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1940-09-25
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Sukceskomponisten
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1954-07-11
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Hvis lille pige er du?
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1963-08-01
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Plat eller krone
Overview: This film follows two men, the plain Herkules (Ib Schønberg) and the rich Erik (Angelo Bruun). When they were boys, Erik defended his good friend Herkules. And he never forgot that fact. They stay up for each other, no matter that Erik gambles his money away, or what ever happens to Herkules.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1937-09-16
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Skaf en sensation
Overview: Editor Halling is always looking for sensations in his newspaper. He believes in the principle that readers must have what they like,and he therefore notes with satisfaction that there has been a new large jewel theft, the fifth in the last 14 days. It is apparently an unusually cunning gang and the police are powerless. Between the numerous newspaper delivery is the little newspaper girl Suzanne, called Sus, and she manage a small newsstand in Adelgade.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1934-08-09
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The Red Mantle
Overview: Seeking revenge against the rival clan responsible for the killing, Hagbard, the son of a slain Norse king, calms down long enough to establish a truce. He also falls in love with Signe, the daughter of his one-time enemy. Signe's former beau, sizzling with jealousy, breaks the truce and makes it appear that Hagbard was responsible.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1967-01-16
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A Hullaballoo at the Castle
Overview: The cheerful, traveling musicians Flink and Villy meet sweet music in the form of two girls. Unfortunately, the chrome nut is tone deaf and chases them away. Luck smiles on them, however, because the nearby castle Bullerborg is abandoned. Flink and Villy move in - and get mixed up in a fight between a cunning lawyer, a bankrupt count and a sausage maker family.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1959-04-09
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De bør forelske Dem
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Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1935-12-19
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Det kære København
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Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1944-01-12
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Det gælder livet
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1953-12-21
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En lille tilfældighed
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1939-04-10
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En pige uden lige
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1943-08-01
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For frihed og ret
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1949-10-28
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Giftes - nej tak!
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1936-12-04
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I gaar og i morgen
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1945-02-12
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Kongeligt besøg
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Genres: Drama Comedy Action
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1954-03-01
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Mani
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1947-10-27
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Mens porten var lukket
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1948-08-23
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Min søn Peter
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1953-07-29
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Nordhavets mænd
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1939-10-30
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Nøddebo Præstegaard
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Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1934-11-26
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Vi arme syndere
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1952-04-24
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Flugten fra millionerne
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1934-12-22
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Jeg har elsket og levet
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Genres: Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1940-12-17
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Children of Divorce
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1939-08-11
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Come Home With Me
Overview: It centers on the character Helene Hannøe, an attorney who forms close relationships with her troubled clients while trying to solve their problems.
Genres: Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1941-11-21
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I de gode gamle dage
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1940-08-09
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Ullabella
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Genres: Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1961-03-06
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Ta' Pelle med
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Genres: Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1952-12-15
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Røverne fra Rold
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1947-12-22
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Mit liv er musik
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Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1944-12-22
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Frihed forpligter
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Genres: History
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1951-10-07
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Tag det som en mand
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Genres: Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1941-08-01
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Hans Onsdags-Veninde
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1943-04-21
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Hvor er Far
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1948-10-30
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The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman
Overview: On the 9th of April 1940, the crew of a Danish merchant ship receives the news of Germany's invasion of Denmark. Instead of returning home, they vote in favor of setting course for England. The crew will undergo much hardship over the next five years ...
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1948-03-30
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Erik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1943-04-26
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Love One Another
Overview: Based on the novel 'Elsker hverandre' by Aage Madelung, the film follows various lives, one of which is Jewish girl Hanne-Liebe, as she grows up, and experiences the pains of living as a Jew in Russia, leading to a revolution.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1922-02-07
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Danmark for Folket
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1937-01-01
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The Secret of the Night Express
Overview: A dead man is found near the railway tracks, and his watch has stopped on the exact time the night train to New York is passing the spot. Detective Tom Barker follows a trail that leads him to Samuel Braun, manager of the Pool-workshop's Europe-branch. When Braun finds out that he is a suspect, he tries to escape, but the police catch up on him. In court, he tells a story about financial fraud, murder and impossible love. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1917-03-08
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Aquitted
Overview: 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. During a horse race, the count has a terrible accident that leaves him paralysed. Lydia must be strong and make up her mind: How far is she willing to go to help her beloved? (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-01-01
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De uheldige Friere
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1912-08-23
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