Aage Fønss
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Aarhus, Denmark
Adult: No
Birthday: December 12, 1887
Age: 137 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: September 30, 1976
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Holger the Dane
Overview: FRAGMENT | In the cellars of Kronborg, a fully armed Holger the Dane sits quietly sleeping when he is suddenly called into action. Princess Gloriant has fallen into the clutches of the heathen giant Burmand, so Holger must act swiftly. Fortunately, he arrives in time to prevent the abductor from harming his intended victim. Only a fragment of the film has been preserved. In its entirety, it told the tales related in the two legends about ‘Holger Danske and Didrik the Strong’ and ‘Holger Danske and Burmand’. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1910-01-01
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Komtessen på Steenholt
Overview: After staying 3 years in America the Countess Ellie Stenholt (Marguerite Viby) returns home to Denmark and the family estate Stenholt. She finds that everything isn't going well noticing that the estate is falling apart and money is short.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1939-10-09
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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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En pige med pep
Overview: På et pensionat i den indre by bor Flora - en frisk Københavnerpige med en brændende drøm: Hun vil være journalist. Akkompagneret af høj grammofonmusik klaprer skrivemaskinen til langt ud på natten. Men det er ikke nemt at sælge historier til den travle presse, og Flora har kun Ún sidste idÚ, der kan sikre huslejen: Et interview med skibsreder Olivarius, der har købt en kostbar kinesisk statuette. Men intet bliver, som Flora forventer, og snart er hun på jagt efter en dramatisk røverihistorie og - ikke mindst - forelsket i den formodede tyv!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1940-02-03
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Ambrosius
Overview: Ambrosius Stub is elated when he gets the position as a writer, working for the Baron. This means a steady income and new experiences, as well as various new acquaintances. Among the latter lurks a dangerous infatuation that has fatal consequences for Ambrosius. The film is an adaptation of Chr. K. F. Molbech’s 1877 play of the same name. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1910-11-22
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Mille, Marie og mig
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1937-08-27
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The House of Fatal Love
Overview: A curse by ancient spirits haunts the living in ‘The House of Fatal Love’. In spite of his young age, Count Eric Denton is very angry and jealous, which frightens his beautiful wife. Eric is to inherit a castle from his dying uncle. On his deathbed, the uncle tells Eric of the terrible misdeeds of their ancestors, which brought a curse upon the family. After a restless night, Eric wakes up to a true nightmare: he discovers his wife’s lifeless body. Could it be that she’s died by his own accursed hand? The film appears heavily fragmented. Read the full plot in the cinema programme below. -stumfilm.dk
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1920-01-12
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One Life One Love
Overview: At a party, Frede meets the popular actress Edith, with whom he falls head over heels in love. One day, he’s in the theatre to see her perform, he overhears a conversation which shows her in a new and bad light. Frede chooses to travel away, and he doesn’t see Edith until many years later, when she comes on an unannounced visit. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1913-06-23
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One Lover Too Many
Overview: Baron Preben is an unfortunate man – at least when it comes to the ladies. He has long waited for an opportunity to declare his true feelings for his good friend Ida. So when a romantic rival shows up during Midsummer celebrations, Preben has to propose sooner than he would like. One thing’s for sure – before the end of Midsummer, Preben and Ida will be engaged, but not to whom they expect. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-02-08
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The Lure of the Footlights
Overview: Sir William's daughter Polly and the forest warden’s son George are best friends and quite inseparable. As they mature beyond the carefree days of childhood, their disparity in rank and status looms larger between them, and George puts aside his dreams of sharing the rest of his life with Polly. Instead, he meets a dancer, Stella, who moves with him when he himself is employed as a forest warden at Carlton Manor, the count’s estate. The solitude of the forest is a far cry from the bright lights and gaudy spectacle of the theatre, and when Stella meets some acquaintances from her old life, she is torn between who she really is and who her loved one thinks she should be. At the same time, Polly discovers that her feelings for George are more than friendly. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1923-12-04
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Valdemars Sejr
Overview: FRAGMENT | Karl of Riise must say goodbye to his beloved Rigmor when he’s summoned by King Valdemar. He must take a message of reinforcements to the oppressed warriors in Estonia. Shortly after his arrival, Karl is captured by the pagan enemies, and King Valdemar quickly sets off with his best men to free his countryman. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1910-08-29
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The Countess' Honour
Overview: 1919 film by August Blom
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1919-11-14
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Oktober-roser
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1946-02-27
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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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Panserbasse
Overview: dansk film skal bare ses
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1936-09-30
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Harry and the Butler
Overview: A gentle comedy offering the promise of easy social consensus. Harry (Helmuth) is a simple old-time shop porter offered a chance at self-realisation when he's bequeathed a sum by an unknown relative (via several levels of fiscal blood suckers). He decides to engage a butler to take good care of him for a time. This is a man of distinguished upper class service, but a generous nature which happily integrates with Harry's small but colourful world of drinking buddies and crackpot neighbourhood kids.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1961-09-07
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Balletten danser
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1938-11-02
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En mand af betydning
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1941-03-23
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Forellen
Overview: Mrs Clara has been married to Carl Møller for almost 25 years, but she is not happy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1942-09-03
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For freedom and justice
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1949-10-28
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Kampen mod uretten
Overview: Depiction of the social democratic activist and politician Peter Sabroe, who in the time around the turn of the century went to fight for the oppressed, oppressed and abused existences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1949-03-18
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Paradise and Back
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1964-02-21
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Peter Andersen
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1941-12-08
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Sex and the Law
Overview: A look at what happened when Denmark abolished censorship in the late 1960s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1968-07-28
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On the Stroke of Midnight
Overview: Peter Hansen, a parish clerk, is woken up in the middle of the night by a mysterious phone call. On the phone a woman screams for help, and when he hears shots shortly afterwards he knows that something is very wrong. He sets out to investigate the matter, and before he knows it he is embroiled in an actual murder mystery. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1923-04-20
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Farinelli
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Genres: Music
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1961-06-07
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To som elsker hinanden
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Genres: Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1944-12-26
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My Friend the Detective
Overview: You can't necessarily use literature to solve a murder. That’s what the avid reader of detective novels, Astrid, will realise when she tries to imitate her novel heroes in a creepy murder mystery. Although her skills as a private detective fall short, she still learns a lot from her attempts. Such as that a charming policeman can be as good as any Sherlock Holmes, both in crime and in love. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1924-04-07
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A Hero from 64
Overview: Everything is peace and quiet at the family Kemp's house in Sønderborg, but danger is lurking outside their doors. The war has just begun, and the young Valdemar Kemp goes away to fight for his mother country. The Danish soldiers put up a brave fight on the battlefield, but the German army is to strong. One after the other, Valdemar's friends are slaughtered, and his hopes of reuniting with his girlfriend and family slowly fade. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1910-08-12
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Elves' Hill
Overview: The film is the second 1910 film adaptation of Heiberg’s classic about foundling children, superstitions and star-crossed lovers. Near Elves’ Hill (Elverhøjen) lives Karen, a superstitious farmer’s wife, with her daughter Agnete. Agnete and the noble Sir Ebbesen are very much in love, but to their great sorrow Ebbesen is betrothed to the noble-born Elisabeth Munk. But not everything is as it seems. For Karen is not Agnete’s real mother: she found the baby girl on Elves’ Hill the very same night that the infant Elisabeth Munk, goddaughter of King Christian IV, disappeared from her parents’ home. When King Christian arrives in the area where his goddaughter’s wedding is to take place, he becomes something of a detective and sets out to untangle the entire mystery. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1910-10-10
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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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Art and the Woman
Overview: Eric "Anker" Ankerstjærne and his wife are like night and day. One day, the gap between the couple becomes too wide – Naomi, who is a passionate violinist, skips town, leaving him alone with their daughter. When a new and surprising woman, the maid Artemis, bursts into his life, Anker’s luck starts to turn. However, only for a while – as the daughter soon follows in her mother’s footsteps and runs away to pursue art! Anker tracks her down to Paris and finds both his daughter and his lost love. But will fate play another trick on him before it’s all over? (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1922-11-22
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Our Mutual Friend
Overview: A fisherman finds a corpse in a river, and he turns out to have been the victim of murder. The dead man is John Harmon, a millionaire’s son who was just about to inherit his father’s fortune. The investigation abounds with mysterious events, and a stranger suddenly appears – might he be the killer?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1921-06-05
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Love and Friendship
Overview: The story opens at a boarding school, where two of the lady students become inseparable companions. Six years later, Edith, one of the ladies, is wedded to the proprietor of the school of fencing, while the other, Yvonne, is studying for a singer's career. Six months later,the singer who has made a great impression, tires of her career, and makers her home with Edith and her husband. Yvonne later on falls a victim to temptation, and an illicit love henceforward exists between the pair. The tragic story ends in a duel between Edith and Yvonne, in which the former is fatally wounded.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1912-01-01
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Man burde ta' sig af det
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1952-09-22
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Under den gamle Fane
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1932-10-12
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Ansigtstyven
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Original Language: da
Release Date: 1910-10-27
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