Robert Storm Petersen
Also Known As: Robert Storm-Petersen, Robert Storm Pedersen
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark
Adult: No
Birthday: September 20, 1882
Age: 142 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 06, 1949
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The Rejuvenation Treatment
Overview: A scientist has invented a serum that transforms the old into young and the old into new. His first subject – a very old man – gets a single injection and gradually turns into a baby. Meanwhile, three little men have stolen the syringe with the rejuvenation treatment, which they now give to men and livestock in dire need of it. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1921-02-21
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Man Drinking Coffee
Overview: In this small film, prominent Danish artist, actor and cartoonist Storm P advertises CLOC Liqueur. An animated sequence also shows a man drinking coffee; he only starts smiling when the black gold is followed by a generous drop of liquor. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Animation
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1925-01-01
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Once Upon a Time
Overview: The Princess of Illyria rejects all suitors, but suddenly begins to take an interest in a wandering pauper roaming the vicinity of the royal castle. It is none other than the Prince of Denmark and his friend, Kasper Røghat. By means of a magic toy, rattle and copper kettle, the disguised prince manages to secure himself a kiss and a night in the princess’s chamber. Kasper Røghat makes sure that the king is informed of the ‘affair’, causing the princess to be thrown out of the kingdom. She accordingly has to set out for Denmark, heading for a life as the wife of a pauper. Will this fairy tale have a happy end? (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1907-09-25
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La Tosca
Overview: A courtly drama of a bridegroom arrested for being intimate with the queen. To secure his release, his future bride sleeps with his rival. The film is incomplete. Missing is the ending, where the bride obtains a forged letter of passage and murders the rival, but then has to watch as her betrothed is executed after the letter is found to be forged. The film includes a single rare hand-coloured scene. FRAGMENT. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1908-11-17
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The Robber's Sweetheart
Overview: Jim, a robber, is in love with the chief’s bride Clara, who firmly rejects his many advances. In revenge, he snitches on the entire gang of robbers to the police, who immediately imprison the chief and his men. Clara kills the treacherous Jim and sets out to free her lover from prison. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1907-03-12
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The Lady with the Camelias
Overview: It is love at first sight when Armand Duval meets the courtisan Marguerite. They move in together and live happily until Armands father secretly pays Marguerite a visit to tell her that her questionable reputation has put Armand's entire family in disrepute. She sacrifices herself and leaves Armand, who – in the belief that she left of her own free will – embitters by grief and anger. But destiny wants them to meet again. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1907-10-16
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Storm P Draws the Three Little Men
Overview: Storm P. is seen putting the finishing touches on a painting of his iconic ‘Three Little Men’ characters. The men come alive and exit through a door on the left side of the painting. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1920-01-02
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Talende film
Overview: The first sound film from Denmark! Charles Wilken reads a poem by Holger Drachmann. Ayoe Willumsen sings "Gylden Sol" and Albert Luther sings the song about Stella. Jacob Texière reads H.C. Andersen's "Thepotten". Robert Storm-Petersen & Christian Arhoff does the drunken dialogue of "Storm og Stille". And Frederik Jensen sings "Gøgleri" and "Du skal rose din Kone".
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1923-10-12
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Fange nr. 1
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1935-09-16
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Trilby
Overview: Danish adaptation of Trilby. Presumed lost, though a single still apparently depicting the novel's climax survives.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1908-05-10
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The Tinderbox
Overview: Viggo Larsen’s adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tale about the soldier who gets hold of a magic tinderbox capable of calling forth three dogs with big eyes that can fulfill all his wishes. When the soldier has one of the dogs transport a sleeping princess to his room, he is arrested and sentenced to death. But his adventure, as we know, does not end here.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1907-10-03
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Berlingske Tidende 1749-1949
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1949-01-01
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The Rose
Overview: The scene is set on a castle in the mid-18th century. The princess loves a young man from the court, but the king wants her married to an older, wealthier suitor. Hoping for a miracle to happen, the princess refuses his marriage proposal. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1907-01-01
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By Secret Order
Overview: A short, fragmentary film comprising a brief animation sequence and live-action footage of Storm P in the Zoo. If one were to piece together a synopsis, it seems as if Storm P is given the task – by secret order – to draw the penguins in the Zoo. Using real penguins as models, he draws his well-known cartoon character Ping from the ‘Peter and Ping’, and the drawing is subsequently delivered to the person who commissioned it via a messenger dog. (Stumfilm.DK)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1927-03-31
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Life is a Circus
Overview: A short documentary looking at the career of acclaimed Danish humorist, artist and cartoonist Robert Storm Petersen - “Storm P”.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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