The Global Archive For Devotees of Kærlighedsspekulanten: Cult Guide

Dir: Lau Lauritzen

Colonel Körner is staying in a mountain cabin with his daughter Greta. Greta begins to feel impressed by the patron Glob, who boasts about his courage in bear hunts.

Dir: Lau Lauritzen

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of En hustru till låns perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Lawyer Halfdan Ring lives in a happy marriage with his young but somewhat jealous wife Märta.

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.

Late one evening, Pat and Patachon are at a bar where they strike up a conversation with a young, mournful man. His name is Per Hammer, and the three quickly become firm friends. The next morning, the vagabonds' temporary home - a moving van - is set in motion, and before they know it, they find themselves amidst the snow-clad mountains of Norway. Here they stumble upon a female skier who has swooned in the snow. They save her from freezing to death by taking her to an abandoned ski cabin, which happily proves to be amply supplied with firewood, canned goods and alcohol. The woman turns out to be Per Hammer's girlfriend Ellen, who has been taken to Norway against her will because her father wants her to marry a Mr Ludvigsen. Ever eager to help, Pat and Patachon send a telegraphed message to their new friend so he can be reunited with his love.

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 The Run-Away Bride perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

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

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 Kan Kærlighed kureres? perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

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.

Dir: Lau Lauritzen

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Lau Lauritzen

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.