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Dir: Lau Lauritzen

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. Once Fritz and Jørgen discover that the young Australian woman in no way matches any of their preconceived notions, but is in fact sweet and beautiful, their dispute suddenly changes in nature: now, it becomes about who can win her heart. At this point they still have no idea that the young woman is not Alice at all.

Dir: Lau Lauritzen

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Landsvägsriddare perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Wholesaler Blomberg has two beautiful daughters, Inger and Else, who are lively courted by the young gentlemen Billy and Willy. Blomberg's housekeeper is set to guard the girls' virtue.

Dir: Lau Lauritzen

Supreme Court Attorney Carl Crone is chocked and disturbed when he understands that his pretty wife Inger no longer cares for him, their home and bourgeois lifestyle. She has joined the Women's Lib.

Dir: Lau Lauritzen

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Jalousiens Magt perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Lau Lauritzen

Little Miss Else, who is a student in the town's girls' high school, is not yet 18 years old. She is fatally in love with the young teacher Petersen, and so are most of her friends.

Dir: Lau Lauritzen

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Harems-Mystik perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Amalia is the housekeeper at C.A. Nilssons home, they argue and she leaves him. He employs a servant and decides to travel to Åre to find his future wife.

Dir: Lau Lauritzen

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Lau Lauritzen

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Kan Kærlighed kureres? perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Lau Lauritzen

Professor Bradford has a painter's school and a daughter named Alice. Among the students is Mr. Skönberg who is poorly talented but rich, and the professor wants Alice to marry him.

Dir: Lau Lauritzen

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.