Hand-Picked Alternatives for Fans of Maharadjahens yndlingshustru II: Cult Guide

Dir: August Blom

A wealthy young man, Edgar, sees a shop-girl, Ellen, and is immediately attracted to her. He buys her flowers. They meet next Sunday and, presumably, often thereafter. Three months later Ellen is pregnant. The couple decide to marry, and Edgar tells his mother. His father convinces him not to marry.

Dir: August Blom

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

A Mormon missionary seduces and kidnaps an attractive young woman, forcing her to accompany him to Utah to become one of his wives.

Dir: August Blom

Young white girls who were kidnapped and held captive and in imminent danger of being sexually molested. And the moor slaveholder will incorporate the poor girls in his harem.

Dir: August Blom

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Den hvide Slavehandels sidste Offer perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Chancellor von Rallenstein forces Princess Irene to marry Prince Deima instead of her true love, Pawlow. The secret lovers seek to get married anyway, sending the Chancellor into a rage.

Dir: August Blom

The ballet pupil Camilla Favier tells the author Jean Mayol that she had learned all lines of the main character in his new play. When the stage manager announces that the leading lady is sick, Jean suggests that Camilla could replace her this evening. Camilla makes a huge success, and she and Jean fall in love. Jean introduces her to his friend, the painter Paul Rich, who wants to make a painting of her. While she is in his atelier, Jean gets a love letter from Yvette Simon, the wife of a rich rentier, asking for a rendezvous in the wood. In Jean's empty apartment Camilla finds the letter and is devastated. In revenge she reveals the secret love story for Mr. Simon and his guests at a big party. Later she finds a new love message from Yvette Simon. She brings it to Mr. Simon, who gets furious, grabs a pistol and goes to Jean's apartment. Camilla repents and rushes away to warn Jean and Yvette. To deceive her husband Yvette dresses herself in Camilla's clothes, but he recognizes her nonetheless and kills her. Camilla is shocked and brought to a hospital by Paul, who takes care of her afterwards. When Jean turns up and approaches her, she rejects him and stays with Paul.

Dir: August Blom

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

When Eva Vange regains her sight after a successful operation, she falls in love with her savior - the young ophthalmologist Juel. Her fiancé Ernst, who is both her cousin and a teacher at the school for the blind, sets her free so she can marry the man she loves. However, it doesn't take long before the marital bliss crumbles and darkness descends on Eva's life again.

Dir: August Blom

Doctor Willy Prager's long, selfless office hours come at the expense of his attention-seeking fiancée. During a garden party, Willy is summoned to an ill child's bedside and leaves his fiancée Erna in the hands of his faithful friend Alfred. Out of sheer boredom, Erna tries to kiss Alfred, but the loyal friend rejects her. Erna feels devastated and lies to Willy that it was Alfred who tried to seduce her. However, Alfred refuses to tarnish Erna's honor and tacitly accepts when Willy challenges him to a duel. The culminating sensation is a duel between the doctor and the lieutenant, and the officer intentionally misses his mark. The enemies become friends once more, and the woman begs for forgiveness.

Dir: August Blom

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

Two crowned heads come to a mutual understanding, resulting in a signed treaty. This document is badly sought by the ambassador of another power, and he schemes to possess himself of its contents. The treaty is placed in the hands of Captain Brassor for safe carriage. Miller, an emissary of Count Hints," drugs Captain Brassor and his English sailor lad, and gets a copy of the treaty. Later he is chased through the fields after the English tar has cut the telegraph wires, and the water obliterates the copy of the treaty, rendering it useless. The treaty is delivered, but Count Hintz still schemes, and enlists a countess to get it from Count Berberlil. She manages to drug him, and Hintz and Miller are about to take it, when the English sailor puts in a claim with a revolver, and saves the situation.

Dir: August Blom

Count Von Teyn is a young officer in a cavalry regiment, and after a romantic courtship and marriage he unwittingly subscribes to a fund for the benefit of Miss Phoebe, a professional equestrienne. The latter thanks the Count by letter and asks that she be permitted to thank him in person. The letter falls into the hands of his wife, Lydia, and she witnesses the meeting and returns to her parents in a jealous rage. The Count later begs for forgiveness and a reconciliation follows. In a race for the King's cup, Count Von Teyn is one of the principal riders and Lydia, in company with her millionaire father, Peter Romford, and many other notables, occupy box seats in the grandstand. During the steeplechase, Count Von Teyn is thrown from his mount and injured. The family physician calls in consultation two eminent specialists and they agree that the young nobleman has suffered injuries which will cause him to be a cripple for life. Lydia bears this news with fortitude, and resolves to devote the remainder of her life to the care of her husband. The latter suffers intense agony and on one occasion attempts to gain possession of a revolver belonging to a brother officer, who is paying him a visit. Failing in this attempt to end his life, the Count implores his wife to furnish him with the means of self-destruction. As well as his helpless state will permit, he pictures the agonies which foe must suffer until death brings relief and Lydia finally succumbs to his pleading and furnishes the medium. It is now her turn to bear the unspeakable suffering which possesses her at the mere thought of her act. The authorities charge her with the murder of her husband and she is placed on trial. She pleads her innocence after a scathing denunciation at the hands of the public prosecutor. The summing up of the judges is prolonged, but in the end, Lydia is acquitted and leaves the courtroom surrounded by her parents and friends.

Dir: August Blom

The notorious criminal Barra is approached by Agent Frank for a profitable collaboration. The brand new designs of a revolutionary internal combustion engine is the target.