Hjalmar Bendtsen

Spanning three generations, the film depicts life in Copenhagen from the perspective of the working class. The film portrays the development of the city, the new opportunities arising and the improved living conditions created as the welfare state expands. ‘From darkness towards light’ is Denmark’s first-ever Social Democratic propaganda film, and it was part of the election campaign leading up to the local elections in 1929. (stumfilm.dk)

Les enfants d'une cour d'immeuble se font constamment réprimander par les adultes, à cause leurs jeux bruyants, jusqu'au jour où ils sympathisent avec un nouveau venu. Ce dernier, menuisier de métier, leur montre les ficelles de sa profession. L'un des gosses cependant se montre hostile au personnage... Ce film est considéré comme le premier vrai film pour enfants du Danemark.

Det lille lokaltog kommer møjsommeligt tøffende ind på Torslev station. Stationsforstanderen står iført tøfler på perronen og venter på toget. Da det standser, viser det sig, at der er en eneste passager med. En yngre fremmedartet, elegant klædt mand stiger ned på perronen med et par kufferter med en masse flotte mærker fra fremmede lande. Manden hedder Nelson. For mange år siden drog han udenlands. Nu vender han hjem for at se, hvordan det står til i hans fødeby.

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)