Gerhard Jessen
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Slagelse, Denmark
Birthday: April 21, 1885
Deathday: May 03, 1939
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Craftman's Adventure
Overview: A carpenter’s apprentice, Spaan (‘Chip’), has been thrown out by his master for being romantically involved with his daughter, Ernestine. On the road, he meets the slender tailor’s apprentice Naal (‘Needle’) and the drunken shoemaker’s apprentice Syl (Awl), and the three form a warm friendship. One day, they are lucky to win a large sum of money in the lottery, after which they go their separate ways with the promise of meeting up again one year later. Here it turns out that in spite of their newly acquired wealth, not all of them have fared well. (Stumfilm.dk)
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Original Language: da
Release Date: 1912-04-01
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The Vicar of Vejlby
Overview: A tale of murder and marriage in 1625 Denmark.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1931-05-07
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Thief of Hearts
Overview: The famous dancer Elva Marja is hotly pursued by man-of-the-world Henry Corner. He follows her from city to city, buying up all the theatre tickets so that she must perform for him alone, and besieges her house. Elva rejects him time and time again, but Henry’s passion can’t be restrained. One day, Elva is surprised by a burglar in her house. Henry happens to be nearby, so he sees his opportunity to finally win over the dancer’s heart. Stumfilm.dk
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1917-01-31
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Great Expectations
Overview: A charitable childhood deed holds fateful consequences for poor Pip. An anonymous benefactor paves the way for Pip’s transformation and subsequent social ascent from peasant boy to gentleman. But he soon finds out that life among the upper-classes is no bed of roses, and Pip encounters a number of characters who shape his life for the better, and for the worse. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1922-02-28
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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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Dearly Purchased Honour
Overview: Doctor Thaw cheats on his wife, Rose, with her friend, Nina. One evening, while he’s out enjoying his secret happiness, Rose is murdered by a burglar, and he finds her limp and cold body in their marital bed the next morning. Out of respect for Nina, he refuses to say where he was at the time of the murder and ends up being charged with the murder of his wife. 12 years will have to pass before they meet again. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1911-11-21
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The Little Austrian
Overview: The Viennese child Leni Rossner accidentally gets separated from her tour group at the train station. Fortunately, luck smiles upon her when the kind-hearted young businessman Jørgen Wedel takes her to her destination: The Lassen family’s fashionable villa, Fredensro. As a friend of the family, he has been coming there for many years and, as expected, the family welcomes Leni with open arms and decides that she can stay there for the summer. It turns out that Leni’s presence brings peace and tranquility to the otherwise tense family dynamics, and she even finds time to play matchmaker for Jørgen Wedel and the Lassen’s 18-year-old daughter, Edith.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1924-09-15
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Lykkelandet
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Original Language: da
Release Date: 1919-12-22
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Kampen om Kvinden
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Original Language: da
Release Date: 1917-10-08
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Love in Exile
Overview: In Horsens, the exiled Russian princess Elisabeth Antonovna is imprisoned. Though her existence is a sad one, two things in particular can cheer the princess up: stories about the cunning smuggler Madsalune, and flirting with her humble suitor, Lieutenant Johan Gordon. One fine day, the two joys merge into one, when it transpires that the lieutenant is in fact the smuggler Madsalune in disguise! The princess’ fortune is decided, or at least it almost is because the two lovers first have to smuggle the princess through thick walls and past an army of jailers. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1923-02-08
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Gar el Hama V
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Original Language: da
Release Date: 1918-03-11
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