Egill Rostrup

Le journaliste de police Erik Brandt est envoyé pour se reposer et se divertir après avoir résolu un meurtre sous le nez de la police. Mais ses vacances bien méritées s'avèrent beaucoup plus mouvementées que prévu, lorsque la station est secouée par une série de meurtres brutaux. Une jolie jeune femme qui capture le cœur de Brandt pourrait être impliquée.

1919 film by August Blom

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)

Un pêcheur trouve un cadavre dans une rivière. Le mort est John Harmon, le fils d'un millionnaire qui était sur le point d'hériter de la fortune de son père. L'enquête regorge d'événements mystérieux, et un étranger apparaît soudainement. Pourrait-il être le tueur ?

The year is 1820 and a young, promising artist, Olaf Malm, has settled in Rome, Europe’s centre of art at the time. He is in love with Sigrid, but class differences make their love impossible. Olaf Malm dies in a tragic accident; he allegedly drowns in the Tiber, but his body is never found. Sigrid gives birth to their lovechild, and twenty years later history repeats itself: their son, Henry, who has never known his real parents, loves a woman who is far above him in social rank. Fate brings him back to Rome, where his parents loved and lost each other many years before. (stumfilm.dk)

As their shared wealth disappears, Elisabet’s love for her husband Richard also evaporates. She leaves him and finds a new husband with his finances in order. When the new husband subsequently leaves her and her daughter falls ill, Elisabet understands she is at fault and asks for Richard’s forgiveness. However, he’s been hiding in Italy and doesn’t respond to her inquiries. But then everything changes when a young woman from the past suddenly comes knocking on his door.(stumfilm.dk)

When the rich man’s son Egil falls in love with the poor showgirl Rigi, his family is sceptical. They think that she’s not a good match for him, and perhaps they’re right. Just as the young couple’s fortunes are on the up, the bride-to-be disappears without a trace, and Egil is plagued by doubt: Was Rigi his true love, or was he just blinded by her beautiful yet mysterious maiden eyes? (Stumfilm.dk)

The orphan Alfred lives with two ladies in an idyllic cottage near a private golf course.