Harald Madsen
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Silkeborg, Denmark
Adult: No
Birthday: November 20, 1890
Age: 134 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: July 13, 1949
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Ebberöds bank
Overview: Tailor Vipperup in Ebberöd has problems with liquidity: customers are bad at paying for his services while his own creditors are all the more intrusive. His consolation in life consists of his daughter Ellen and the faithful companion Tadeus. However, the repulsive trader Klemmensen, the town's richest man and most ruthless usurer, casts more and more lustful glances at Ellen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1926-09-13
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Zirkus Saran
Overview: Knox owns half of the Circus Saran and acts as a clown there. He hides his circus life from his daughter and is very embarrassed when his daughter finds out his true profession. Hans Moser, who plays Knox, performs poorly, because the character he plays is simply not funny. Leo Slezak, who owns the other half of the circus, as well as Pat and Patachon perform better. The only really good thing about this film is its music, composed by Robert Stolz; especially the song "Ein bisschen Sing-Sang und gute Kameradschaft" , which can be heard throughout the movie.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1935-11-29
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We're Coming Back
Overview: Ahead of a performance in Sweden on 27 April 1923, Pat and Patachon shot a short promotional film titled ‘We’re Coming Back’ with the subtitle in Swedish: ‘A little prelude to the joy of the coming evenings.’ Patachon makes a call from a phone booth in Sweden to one of the phone booths on Kongens Nytorv, in Copenhagen, where Pat happens to be, and the two agree to accept the invitation to spend Easter in Handen, a suburb of Stockholm. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1922-01-01
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The Mannequins
Overview: Pat and Patachon live in the attic of an old house along with a number of other curious kinds of people. One of the residents is a fortune teller, who tells Patachon that he will inherit a fortune and marry one of the two sweet choir girls who live next door, and whom he happens to be in love with. The two friends don’t think much more of it and instead head off to work, as models for a tailor. They stroll through the streets in sharp suits, in the hopes that the two choir girls will see them and think that they’re wealthy men, who simply live in the run-down house to study the bohemian lifestyle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1929-12-26
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In the Army
Overview: While enjoying a glorious summer’s day at the beach, Pat and Patachon meet the beautiful Mona, whom they both fall in love with. However, they’re soon given something else to think about when they’re drafted into the armed forces and sent to a cantonment. The two friends struggle to find their place among the other soldiers, and they get into all sorts of escapades. One day, fate lends a helping hand when the company take up residence on a farm in North Zealand, where the two friends discover, to their delight, that this is where Mona lives. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1932-03-28
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1000 German words
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1930-12-05
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Clever Cannibals
Overview: Spirits are always high at the quayside pub The Red Rabbit. One day, adventurers Fy and Bi come by to look for work. Their luck is in! A police raid sends all the staff to prison. On the spur of the moment, two women from the upper-middle class decide to study the life of the common people by paying them a visit. A brawl ensues, and Fy and Bi chivalrously bring the two women to safety – or so they think! Before they know it, all four end up aboard a steamer in the pitch black of night, on their way to new adventures and unknown, dangerous shores. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1929-10-03
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At the North Sea
Overview: When Pat and Patachon arrive in the small fishing village at the North Sea they are completely unaware of the adventure that lies ahead. The two eccentric travelers quickly become good friends with old Maren and her son Tom, who will soon need their help in more than one respect. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1927-10-14
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The Smugglers
Overview: Anne Marie (Lili Lani) gets invited by her aunt to a hotel to to meet her admirers. Not to fulfill her aunt's wishes, but to verify who works at the hotel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1925-04-06
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The Bilberries
Overview: When the modest butcher’s wife becomes a wealthy landowner, it immidiately goes to her head. With her new stuck-up attitude, she rejects the long-time butcher’s apprentice when he asks for her daughter’s hand in marriage. Fortunately, the poor butcher’s apprentice is friends with Pat and Patachon, who work in a circus and have experience with clownery. Together, they must fight fancy with silly, and ground the butcher’s wife’s aloofness, in the name of love! (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1925-02-23
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Blinde Passagiere
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1936-08-20
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Pat und Patachon im Paradies
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1937-10-21
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Strength and Beauty
Overview: Although the twins Flora and Dora attend the School of Sculpture, their real calling lies in gymnastics. They decide to open an “Institute of Strength and Beauty”, which does not go down well with Uncle Brown, who finances their numerous business adventures. When he announces his arrival in town and demands to see the results from the School of Sculpture, they find themselves in a predicament. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1927-02-20
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Pat and Patachon Invent the Gunpowder
Overview: In a boarding house in the city live our friends Pat and Patachon, who have settled down in relative comfort for a modest sum of money. In the room next door lives an old inventor, a good friend of Pat and Patachon"s. He’s been working on a television set for some time now, and it seems that his efforts will bear fruit. Patachon has caught the inventing bug and wants to come up with smokeless and noiseless gunpowder. All the while, Pat becomes increasingly worried about his friend. Two shady gentlemen are now attempting to steal the valuable drawings for the television invention, and Pat and Patachon become suspects in the case. Fortunately, the real thieves are caught, and Patachon gets the opportunity to demonstrate his ingenious invention. Stumfilm.dk
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1931-10-16
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Bleka greven
Overview: A Swedish comedy from 1937. At castle Gyllenskiöld Holm a lawyer reads the deceased Count's will. Son Rouglas inherits the estate in front of Anne-Marie, Countess's daughter and the woman whom the testator had hoped to Rouglas would marry. But there is a supplement in the will to be read out after six months.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1937-02-22
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He, She and Hamlet
Overview: Fyrtårnet and Bivognen are gardeners at a residence for young women. Here they are friends with budding actress Eva, but when the three reveal one evening during the performance of an illegal theater performance, they are kicked out. By detours, they get on board a schooner, where Fy and Bi play up to dance and get seasick, while Eva still has her course set against the sloping boards.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1932-11-07
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The Last Laugh
Overview: An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbours and society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1924-12-23
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Among Merry Musicians
Overview: Director Jessen lives with his sons Fritz and Jørgen in a country house on the coast of Øresund. One day, Jessen announces that his boss is coming to visit from Australia, and that he will bring along his daughter, Alice. Jessen further proclaims that he wants one of his sons to marry Alice. Full of prejudice against Australians, Fritz and Jørgen end up drawing lots to determine who must accept this terrible fate. Upon arriving in Denmark, Alice decides to send her friend Elsie ahead to the country house to take the measure of the two fellows and report back to her. She pretends to be Alice, and to complicate things further, Fritz and Jørgen have in the meantime hired two strange vagabonds, Pat and Patachon, to pretend to be them, hoping that this will make her turn around and leave immediately. (Stumfilm. dk)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1922-11-22
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The Mill
Overview: A love triangle is building up to a drama in and around the old mill. The wealthy and self-absorbed Per Persson is in love with the miller’s beautiful daughter, Grethe, whose heart, however, belongs to the miller’s apprentice. To Persson’s great frustration, Grethe would never dream of choosing wealth over love, so Persson instead – and unsuccessfully – tries to get rid of his rival in all sorts of nefarious ways. As a result of various complications, Pat and Patachon are employed as helping hands at the old mill and become good friends with the miller’s widow, Grethe and the apprentice. The miller’s widow is in financial trouble, and Patachon’s eagerness to help soon gets him and Pat embroiled in an arson case. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1924-12-01
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Alexander the Great
Overview: In a small provincial town there is a hotel run by one of those eccentric cooks of long ago who made generous meals that have nothing in common with the extravagant restaurateurs of nowadays and their meagre menus. The manager is named after Alexander the Great and in his restaurant the town bourgeoisie meet and discuss various issues, especially matters of the heart. Morals are part of the conversations and prove to be complicated issues even for strict and serious Nordics. 28 minutes of runtime are missing and presumed lost.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1917-11-12
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The King of Pelicania
Overview: Princess Lola has been exiled from her native Pelicania after one of her relatives usurped the throne. She is now the celebrated prima donna of the Revue Theatre, arousing rapturous applause from audiences night after night. However, the princess has her most devoted admirers behind the scenes. The young theatre doctor Ove Helmer loves her, and our two old friends, Pat and Patachon – one now a prompter at the theatre, the other a make-up artist – regard her with the warmest affection. When the princess finally gets the opportunity to return to her native Pelicania, Pat and Patachon are eager to come along to help her assert her position. As things progress, Patachon's striking resemblance to the country’s king has unexpected consequences. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1928-08-16
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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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Cocktails
Overview: The guardian of an heiress tries to destroy the reputation of her lover by planting drugs on him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-12-04
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Mädchenräuber
Overview: Film by Sauer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1936-02-06
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Don Quixote
Overview: The poor landowner Don Quixote is obsessed with chivalric romances. One day he gets the idea that he must restore the order of the wandering knights and even ride out on horseback in full gear. He persuades a simple peasant Sancho Panza to act as a weapon bearer with a promise of royal rewards. Although this at first seems to be a long way off, the hard-working pair suddenly set about a task that can turn them into real knights. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1926-11-30
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Schwiegersöhne
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1926-12-25
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The Film Heroes
Overview: By coincidence, Pat and Patachon are cast for the lead roles in a major film production. It quickly turns out that the odd couple doesn't fit in to just any plot, and especially Patachon's helpless attempts to play prince charming are testing the director's patience. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1928-10-01
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He, She and Hamlet
Overview: In a boarding house where young girls are kept under strict surveillance, only two persons of the male persuasion are allowed to enter. The gardeners Pat and Patachon are popular among the girls because they can play the accordion and sing songs, both cheerful and sad. One of the girls has attracted Pat and Patachon’s particular admiration: Eve, who dreams of becoming an actress. They clandestinely rehearse Shakespeare with her, but when their arrangement is discovered she is expelled. The pair follow Eve in secret, and they eventually have to save the naïve girl from the clutches of the horrible people she has trustingly become involved with. Stumfilm. dk
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1922-09-16
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Zwei Vagabunden im Prater
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1925-09-25
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Calle og Palle
Overview: Calle and Palle work as assistants at Circus Bollini.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1948-02-26
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The Wolf Hunters
Overview: Nikolajsen is shocked by the news that he has an adult daughter who lives in Jutland – where wild wolves wander! His friends – the baker, the butcher, the tailor and the shoemaker – are entranced by the honour and glory they would gain by venturing forth and exterminating the feral wolves. Unfortunately for their chances of success, Nikolajsen and Co. decide to hire Pat and Patachon as their hunting guides. And so the wolf hunters will probably end up chasing their own tails for a while before Nikolajsen can be reunited with his daughter. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1926-03-06
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The Film and the Flirt
Overview: On a magnificent estate on the coast of Scania live a landowner, his wife, their daughter and a temporary lodger, baron. The lord and lady of the house eagerly try to bring the baron into the family as their son-in-law, but neither the baron nor their daughter, Eva, seem particularly interested. Eva is a bit of a wildcat who spends her days roaming the countryside and play fighting with her male friends, while the baron yearns for the urban sophistication of the city life from which he came. When an old friend, the celebrated actress Aspesia, invites him to attend some nearby film shoots, he doesn’t hesitate for a second. However, the letter from Aspesia ends up in the hands of two wandering knife grinders, Pat and Patachon, who soon find a way to use the letter’s contents to their own advantage. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1921-10-17
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Dødsbokseren
Overview: This one has three segments. In the first, they are ice sailing and fall into the water, where they float for a while, being tormented by seals and swordfish. Then they are rescued by a tramp steamer, where they are befriended by the cook and beaten up by the first officer. They hit port in Bilbao, where they rescue the captain's pretty niece, who seems to have been sold into the degrading life of a taxi dancer. On the way back, Madsen winds up boxing some big guy for a lot of money, with the usual amount of cheating and confusion
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1926-01-09
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Detectives
Overview: A gang of thieves led by an unusually cunning criminal named Terry has been terrorizing the city for some time. The police are completely powerless, and in his embarrassment, the police director turns to a famous detective and asks him to try to expose this gang and, above all, get hold of Terry. Our two friends, the Lighthouse and the Beehive, have set up shop in a small kiosk. As they roll home in the evening with their "house", they unsuspectingly enter a street where the detective is looking for new clues. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1929-09-01
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Beware of the Girls
Overview: There are many ways to travel! Rich Director Brown's two young daughters prefer a first-class coupe in a high-speed train. While the train whizzes along the rails on its way to the big city, the young ladies in a strange way meet two strange guys, one long and thin, the other small and thick ... Fy and Bi! Fy and Bi are on their way to the capital to look for a place, they have an introductory letter with them, and it turns out that it is for the young ladies' father. The two young ladies promise to put a good word in for them, but director Brown receives Fy and Bi with much distrust, and he throws them out. Through many trials and a breathtaking ride in a motorboat, however, Fy and Bi manage to make a good impression on the director.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1930-12-26
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William Tell and Son
Overview: Fy and Bi have moved into a very "modern" apartment and they now want to make their careers on the sloping boards. The sidecar is an excellent shooter and his role model is Wilhelm Tell. He therefore gets a brilliant idea: The lighthouse must stand with an apple on its head, and the Beehive will then shoot it down.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1930-10-07
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The Thunderstones
Overview: Hans and Elinor are in love, but have to meet clandestinely to avoid the keen eyes of the headmistress at the home for girls where Elinor lives. When they are discovered, they seek refuge in a Chinese gazebo used by the vagabonds Pat and Patachon as a cheap summer residence. However, the two vagabonds quickly vacate the premises to let the young couple stay there. As a thank you, Hans, who is a sailor, enrols Long and Short as part of the crew on his rich uncle’s boat and invites the entire girls’ institute and its headmistress on a sailing trip. In disguise, Hans hopes to spend some time with Elinor, but once again they fail to deceive the headmistress. Long and Short now come upon the idea of hiring a brickworks, whose owner turns out to be Elinor’s uncle. But mysterious things happen at the factory, which does not make entirely ordinary bricks, and Long and Short find themselves caught up in yet another heady drama. (stumfilm.dk)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1927-12-26
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At the Mediterranean
Overview: The old Italian Guido Bruzzio and his granddaughter Mona have ended up in one of the big cities in the Nordic countries, where he runs a plaster business. He has found a couple of tenacious helpers who go to work with life and desire.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1924-10-06
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The Run Away Bride
Overview: In a small café in Copenhagen, Fy and Bi meet a very sad young man, Per, who is in love with a young girl, Ellen, but her father has taken her on a trip to make her forget Per, and he doesn't know , where she has gone. Fy and Bi, who live in a moving van, become very good friends with Per and promise to help him. At night, while the two sleep, their "house" is put on a train and now rolls off quickly to something quite unknown. When Fy and Bi finally manage to get out of the wagon, they have reached Norway, where the snow is high all over the country, and there are no houses nearby. On their hike, they suddenly find a young girl who has fallen on her skis and passed out. They have her brought to a cabin and she soon comes to herself again. Fy and Bi are overjoyed when the young girl turns out to be Ellen.(stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1923-11-19
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Sunshine, Summer and Students
Overview: Mr Kruse, a merchant, lives in a pleasant country house with his daughter Alice. Although Alice is busy studying for her exams, she finds time to flirt with the young, handsome Søren Hammer, much to her father’s displeasure. When the family goes sailing to celebrate Alice’s graduation, Søren Hammer and one of his friends follow in the students’ wake. Meanwhile, two vagabonds on the run from the law, Pat and Patachon, take possession of the country house and come up with a – in their opinion – clever ruse to make money. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1922-01-12
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Can Love Be Cured?
Overview: Else is madly in love with her botany teacher Petersen. He is courted by almost all of his students, but Else is the one to whom he ultimately proposes. Their engagement is announced on Else’s 18th birthday, much to the horror of her parents, who want a less common son-in-law. They send her to her room, but she soon runs away. Together with Petersen, she drives out into the balmy summer night to cause a scandal so that her parents will have to let them marry. Pat and Patachon, who work for a temping agency and were previously hired as temporary servants for the birthday party, are now called in as detectives to track down the runaway couple. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1923-03-05
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Luck
Overview: Old Lund is determined to make his granddaughter Lise/Liz a great dancer. He teaches dance classes in their attic home, accompanied by their neighbours, Pat and Patachon, playing the flute and violin. Joy fills the household when Lise secures an engagement at the Grand Theatre, but acquiring the expensive costumes she needs becomes a financial burden. Pat and Patachon secretly decide to raise the necessary funds by selling Patachon’s skeleton to the Zoological Museum. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1924-03-10
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The Refound Daughter
Overview: Summer has arrived, and people are fleeing the sun-scorched, stony streets of the city. Pat and Patachon also leave the stifling streets behind to spend the summer in the countryside. Armed with a homemade camera, they hope to earn a living by taking photographs, though their efforts are not particularly successful. By chance, they come across an inn owned by the formidable Mother Hulda. She quickly sniffs out their attempt to make their escape without paying their bill, and while Patachon is forced to stay as collateral, Pat sets off to make some money. He becomes the subject of many unpleasant mishaps along the way, while Patachon is coerced into becoming engaged to Hulda and gets entangled in a conflict between Hulda, her daughter Grethe, and Grethe’s boyfriend Erik. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1923-09-24
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Millionaires
Overview: Two musicians, Pat and Patachon, arrive in a peaceful little town. When they are about to be arrested because noise is not tolerated on the streets, a young solicitor helps them out of trouble and subsequently finds them jobs with an elderly laundrywoman. The town’s wealthy men are content with their quiet community and refuse to listen to the solicitor’s proposals for improvements and new initiatives to help everyone make money. However, with the help of Pat and Patachon, the solicitor cleverly persuades the men to change their minds. Soon, life flourishes in the little town, and Pat and Patachon are celebrated as its saviours. (Stumfilm.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1925-11-23
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Lykkehjulet
Overview: It is winter with frost and snow. The forest is dressed in its beautiful, white winter dress, and on the frozen forest lake, the youth is frolicking to their hearts' content. Among the happy skaters is the young sculptor Erik Elmer. He has left his studio in the big city and is finding new courage out here on the shiny surface of the ice. It is not long before he makes the acquaintance of a charming young lady - Ethel Birk is her name - and soon they are racing hand in hand across the ice. Out here we also meet a couple of good, old acquaintances, Fyrtårnet and Bivognen. They have found a way of life by renting out skates and giving lessons in the noble sport of skating. (Stumfil.dk)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1926-11-29
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Professor Petersens Plejeboern
Overview: Out in the sea lies a rocky island. Professor Petersen arrives here to study the birdlife, but he is disturbed by some bathing ladies, which is why he searches further into the island. In doing so, he enters smuggler Jørgen's refuge, an empty barn where the smugglers are staying. The smugglers assume the professor to be a spy and put Fyrtårnet and Bivognen to watch over him. However, they help him escape and all three of them get away from the island in a boat. Out of gratitude to his rescuers, the professor now takes Fyrtårnet and Bivognen into his home as his two foster children. Stumfilm.dk
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1924-01-14
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Blandt Byens Børn
Overview: Fy and Bi live on the top floor of an old house. Their neighbor is Lise Holm, who works at a chocolate factory and is alone with her child. Her ex-husband, the lazy and brutal Tom, steals the child, but Fy and Bi help her get it back. They also ensure that she eventually marries the factory director's son, who is in love with her. Stumfil.dk.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1923-01-15
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