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Homunculus, 1. Teil: Der künstliche Mensch
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Homunculus, 1. Teil: Der künstliche Mensch

Aug 18, 1916

Homunculus, 1. Teil: Der künstliche Mensch
1916 69 min 10 vues
Part of the artificial-creature series encompassing Der Golem (1914 and 1920), Alraune (1918, 1928, 1930) and Metropolis (1926), 'Homunculus' was the most popular serial in Germany during World War I even influencing the dress of fashionable Berlin. Foenss, a Danish star, is the perfect creature manufactured in a laboratory by Kuehne. Having discovered his origins, that he has no 'soul' and is incapable of love, he revenges himself on mankind, instigating revolutions and becoming a monstrous but beautiful tyrant, relentlessly pursued by his creator-father who seeks to rectify his mistake.
Horror
Homunculus, 3. Teil: Die Liebeskomödie des Homunculus
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Homunculus, 3. Teil: Die Liebeskomödie des Homunculus

Dec 11, 1916

Homunculus, 3. Teil: Die Liebeskomödie des Homunculus
1916 64 min 3 vues
The homunculus and his companion Edgar Rodin make an invention that would allow the hateful homunculus to destroy the world. But first he wants to find out about love. When he observes how young Anna is rejected by her parents, he takes care of her and asks her parents for forgiveness - without success. He brings her to her seducer, who also rejects the girl. The homunculus then takes revenge by ruining the man financially and throwing Anna at his feet. But she still loves the villain and asks Homunculus for mercy. The homunculus cannot understand this feeling of love - he wants to try it out on himself. He puts a young woman who loves him to the hardest test, but she will do anything for him, sacrificing her fiancé and her parents. Only when he reveals his artificial nature to her, she leaves him. This experience confirms the homunculus in his intention to destroy mankind.
Horror
Homunculus, 5. Teil: Die Vernichtung der Menschheit
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Homunculus, 5. Teil: Die Vernichtung der Menschheit

Dec 03, 1917

Homunculus, 5. Teil: Die Vernichtung der Menschheit
1917 52 min 2 vues
For a long time the homunculus had to hide from his pursuers. But now he mingles with humanity again and sows discord, strife and murder. One day, when he meets an orphaned girl, he takes her to the shepherd Rudolf's parents. His goal is to pair the two together in order to breed a new human race from them. To this end, he kidnaps her to a deserted island. But the plan fails because Rudolf tries to kill the homunculus after learning his true identity. In revenge, the homunculus destroys the entire island, including the young couple. His hitherto loyal companion Edgar Rodin is so horrified by this deed that he renounces the homunculus and threatens him with death.
Horror
Bristet lykke
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Bristet lykke

Oct 20, 1913

Bristet lykke
1913 28 min 1 vues
Feeling neglected by her busy husband, Muriel meets the nobleman Emile le Blanc and falls for him head over heels. But he is not what he claims to be. (stumfilm.dk)
Der Gang in die Nacht
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Der Gang in die Nacht

Jan 21, 1921

Der Gang in die Nacht
1921 81 min 20 vues
Dr. Egil Börne, an eminent physician, comes under the spell of an unscrupulous cabaret dancer and deserts his fiancée. The plot finds echoes throughout the Weimar period, including Sternberg’s The Blue Angel. Conrad Veidt appears in a supporting role as a sinister blind painter, whose entrance eerily presages Murnau’s Nosferatu. Der Gang in die Nacht, the earliest surviving film by F. W. Murnau, is also, paradoxically, the only Murnau film for which the original camera negative exists.
Drama
Præsten fra havet
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Præsten fra havet

Dec 11, 1918

Præsten fra havet
1918 48 min 1 vues
There’s an uproar in the small fishing village, as the greedy businessman Consul Warming forces the fishermen to work both day and night. The kind-hearted Pastor Strøm defends the men, but he’s immediately suspended and eventually goes to the dogs. When a violent storm puts both the consul and his daughter – Strøm’s beloved – into danger, the vicar from the sea defies both his position and the forces of nature to save them. (Stumfilm.dk)
Drama
Ned Med Vaabnene
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Ned Med Vaabnene

Aug 14, 1914

Ned Med Vaabnene
1914 68 min 2 vues
Martha, a war widow, finds a new zest for life when she meets the noble Captain von Tilling. They marry, but before long he, too, is called to war. In his absence, Martha falls into a depression and is hospitalised. Sick with longing and learning that her banking firm has gone belly-up, she leaves the hospital and takes a train to the battlefield to find her husband. (stumfilm.dk)
Drama
Livets Stormagter
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Livets Stormagter

Apr 21, 1918

Livets Stormagter
1918 71 min 1 vues
A girl is forced to marry a irresponsible man she does not love to save her fathers reputation. At the same time she falls for a religious preacher to the poor.
Lægen
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Lægen

Mar 06, 1918

Lægen
1918 62 min 1 vues
A ravaging epidemic is fast approaching the world city of Atlantica. In his laboratory, the famous doctor Harold Lister works like a maniac on a serum to counteract the deadly plague. His colleague and competitor Whistler labels Lister’s efforts as pure fantasies and even plants seeds of doubt in the mind of Lister’s fiancée, Julia, the daughter of a millionaire. When the plague comes to town carried by a poor woman, Annie Rawlins, Whistler’s claims are put to shame: the serum works. But while Lister works tirelessly to stop the infection in the city, the jealous Whistler breaks into the laboratory and substitutes the serum for a fake. Soon the citizens of Atlantica believe their medical hero to be a fraud. (Stumfilm.dk)
Munkens Fristelser
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Munkens Fristelser

Mar 07, 1921

Munkens Fristelser
1921 10 min 1 vues
FRAGMENT |The beautiful Margrethe is engaged to the seminarian Bengt Darre, but oh, he’s such a bore. He’s a bit of a dreamer and very pious. She’s cheerful, happy and ready for wild adventures. When he blames her for killing a swan, Margrethe has had enough. She leaves him and finds herself a new man. Bengt becomes a monk and devotes himself to God. However, none of them manage to find happiness. (Stumfilm.dk)
Drama
Naar Hjerterne Kalder
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Naar Hjerterne Kalder

Jun 26, 1916

Naar Hjerterne Kalder
1916 9 min 1 vues
FRAGMENT | The young, ambitious chemist Felix Saltau works at an explosives factory. Here he experiments with a new and particularly powerful explosive – an invention that will make him rich and, not least, worthy of marrying the boss’s daughter, Ilse. Unfortunately, the planned test fails, and Saltau is mocked by all the spectators there. Eager to regain his reputation, Saltau foolhardily tries again, but the charge explodes in his hands, blinding him. No longer able to work, he is fired. Yet in a happy turn of events, Saltau is joined by Ilse, who turns her back on her childhood home in favour of an uncertain future with Saltau. (Stumfilm.dk)
Under Mindernes Træ
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Under Mindernes Træ

Jun 09, 1913

Under Mindernes Træ
1913 43 min 1 vues
The young artist Simon Durand happens to find himself in an idyllic village. Here he finds board and lodging with Marietta, who lives alone with her sick mother, and soon Durand has won the heart of his young hostess. Their happy state is threatened by the wealthy farmer Jerome, who has been courting Marietta in vain for a long time and is not about to abandon his hopes of eventually marrying her. He tattles on the couple to Marietta’s mother, who immediately suffers a heart attack and dies at the mere thought of a poor painter as her son-in-law. When Durand is simultaneously called away to the big city, Marietta’s mind is greatly clouded. (Stumfilm.dk)
Dømmer ikke
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Dømmer ikke

Apr 26, 1920

Dømmer ikke
1920 43 min 1 vues
Marcus Bloomer, a district attorney, receives a divine revelation the night before he is to sentence a young man to death. The herald of the revelation takes the form of Bloomer’s former sweetheart Reine, who shows him the greatest mistake of his life: twenty years ago, Bloomer chose his career over Reine, who birthed a fatherless child. In a cruel twist of fate, the child that Bloomer abandoned turns out to be the very same young man he must now sentence to death. (Stumfilm.dk)
Den mystiske Fremmede
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Den mystiske Fremmede

May 20, 1914

Den mystiske Fremmede
1914 17 min 1 vues
Medical student Walter Fahrich has only two goals in life – to become rich and famous. In a dream, he is approached by Mephisto, who offers him exactly those things for ten years. Walther accepts the terms, but later realises that he has made a big mistake. (Stumfilm.dk)
Drama
Atlantis
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Atlantis

Dec 20, 1913

Atlantis
1913 117 min 13 vues
Overwhelmed by personal and professional problems, biologist Friedrich von Kammacher decides to travel abroad in order to regain the joy of living. During his adventurous journey he will meet two very different women, one of whom will be the key to his fate.
Drama
Verdens undergang
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Verdens undergang

Apr 01, 1916

Verdens undergang
1916 73 min 19 vues
Foreman West lives in a small mining town with his daughters Edith and Dina. When entrepreneur and mine owner Frank Stoll comes to town to inspect the work, he falls in love with Dina. Against her father's will, she elopes with the unscrupulous Stoll. News of a meteor approaching the earth causes panic and Stoll exploits the situation to make a killing on the stock market; Collaborating with the press to quell the news of the meteor eases public tensions and guarantees him a fortune. He plans to survive in a secret underground tunnel, with Dina and his wealthy pals in tow. But things don't go as planned.
Science Fiction
Timeglasset
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Timeglasset

Sep 25, 1922

Timeglasset
1922 101 min 1 vues
The lawyer Magnus Brygge has everything – a good job, two beautiful children and a young, beautiful student who has set her eyes on him. But soon his luck will begin to turn. A sleazy painter with nefarious ulterior motives first turns the head of the professor’s daughter and then of his young bride-to-be, with fatal outcomes and broken relationships as a result. Like sand through an hourglass, everything is about to go down in this bleak but breathtakingly beautiful winter drama with Olaf Fønss in the lead role. (stumfilm.dk)
Ehrenschuld
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Ehrenschuld

Oct 06, 1921

Ehrenschuld
1921 137 min 1 vues
Returning home after a lengthy time at sea, a man must choose between his childhood sweetheart and another woman who was somehow involved with the untimely death of his brother.
Homunculus
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Homunculus

Aug 18, 1916

Homunculus
1916 360 min 1 vues
A group of scientists, led by a Professor Ortmann, produce a living human child using scientific processes - a "homunculus." This creature is human in every way, except that he cannot experience love.
Horror
Fra Piazza del Popolo
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Fra Piazza del Popolo

Nov 30, 1925

Fra Piazza del Popolo
1925 107 min 1 vues
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)
Drama
Dommens dag
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Dommens dag

Nov 19, 1918

Dommens dag
1918 71 min 1 vues
Michael von Straeten is an unscrupulous financier whose harshness and cynicism have earned him the nickname ‘The Tiger’. He destroys his enemies with no mercy and no regrets, watching calmly when his victims come close to starving to death. Will von Straeten see the error of his ways when he is brought face to face with all the evil deeds of his life? Or is it too late for von Straeten to make amends for the lives he has ruined, escaping the ultimate punishment on Judgement Day? (stumfilm.dk)
Drama
Af elskovs naade
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Af elskovs naade

Jan 01, 1914

Af elskovs naade
1914 50 min 1 vues
The count makes his new wife jealous when he helps a female rider who makes obvious advances at him. Lydia has barely forgiven her husband before things go wrong again. During a horse race, the count has a terrible accident that leaves him paralysed. Lydia must be strong and make up her mind: How far is she willing to go to help her beloved? (Stumfilm.dk)
Fangen fra Erie Country Tugthus
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Fangen fra Erie Country Tugthus

Jul 22, 1918

Fangen fra Erie Country Tugthus
1918 53 min 1 vues
Colleagues Maurice and Charles are connected through a close friendship, as Maurice is engaged to Charles’ daughter Vera. Everything seems blissful, but Charles is hiding a terrible secret that he had gambled on the stock market and covered his loss by drawing up bills to the tune of hundreds of thousands in his son-in-law’s name. When Maurice realises what happened, he chooses to spare Vera from finding out the truth and save her father. While Vera unsuspectingly travels to Europe to visit her aunt, he pleads guilty and is imprisoned in the Erie Country Penitentiary. (Stumfilm.dk)
Drama
Den store dag
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Den store dag

Oct 05, 1930

Den store dag
1930 100 min 1 vues
Follows the young couple, Vivi and Peter, who just want to enjoy their free time and the upcoming engagement as well as their families. The couple's parents are convinced Social Democrats who try to make it clear to the young people why the party's work is important. Through the meeting with a veteran from the war, the young people experience why both pacifism and agricultural reforms are the only way forward for Denmark.
Den store dag
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Den store dag

Oct 05, 1930

Den store dag
1930 100 min 1 vues
Follows the young couple, Vivi and Peter, who just want to enjoy their free time and the upcoming engagement as well as their families. The couple's parents are convinced Social Democrats who try to make it clear to the young people why the party's work is important. Through the meeting with a veteran from the war, the young people experience why both pacifism and agricultural reforms are the only way forward for Denmark.
Bag Filmens Kulisse
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Bag Filmens Kulisse

Apr 03, 1923

Bag Filmens Kulisse
1923 50 min 1 vues
When Clara sees an ad announcing that the tabloid newspaper B.T. is looking for a young, beautiful woman to play a part in their upcoming amateur film, she does not hesitate. She submits her photo and confidently predicts a great future for herself in film. Her father, a grumpy merchant called Mr Balle, forbids her to attend the audition, just as he forbids her to get engaged to the neighbour’s son, Peter. Yet unbeknownst to all, Mr Balle has himself been called in to audition for a role in the amateur film. As a result of a series of coincidences, Clara, Peter and Mr Balle find themselves together in front of the rolling cameras. (Stumfilm.dk)