Essential Cult Cinema Mirroring the Impact of Mysteriet paa Duncan ...

Dir: George Schnéevoigt

The Finnish War 1808-1809 is over and Russia has conquered Finland from Sweden. All weapons in the country are meant to be handed over to the new ruler, but in some small places people are preparing for an uprising.

Dir: George Schnéevoigt

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

Henrik Schultze and his wife see no way out to pay the rent for the inn they run. a ship sinks at night and a lieutenant v Krakow to the inn with a chest of money. they murder him. For half a year, pastor Segerdahl saves them from the court through his testimony. He is in love with Mrs. Schulze and only 15 years later, when she is dead, does he confess to V. Krakow's son. But Schultze's daughters seek to return to the Paradis inn and he himself follows and shoots himself after the house has caught fire.

Dir: George Schnéevoigt

The parish priest in Vejlby is being sentenced and executed for the murder of his farmer, Niels Bruus. The chief of the army must acknowledge the evidence and judge him, even though he had actually been married to the daughter of the parish priest Mette.

Dir: George Schnéevoigt

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

Marguerite Viby is the office girl whom her married boss is attracted to. To avoid his advances, she plays 13, but that doesn't make the situation much better. The boss still thinks she's lovely, and when his wife appears in the arena, the 'game' must continue and she pretends to be his illegitimate daughter. It seems not least that a newly minted grandfather is the best of all time. Ergo: Big scandal in the family.

Dir: George Schnéevoigt

One morning on the way to the department store, the clerk Primula's bike is hit by Rolf's luxury vehicle. Cupid's arrow hits Primula and Rolf, but the luck is short: For in the car sits Rolf's fiancé, and in the department store an angry director and a dismissal await Primula. But the director is hiding a big secret that could change her life forever.

Dir: George Schnéevoigt

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

Lottery collector Blomberg is a happy man who lives a calm, peaceful life with his daughter Karen and his butterflies. Only one thing is missing: a wife.

Dir: George Schnéevoigt

Henrik and Emilie Schultze rents the Hotel Paradis in a small, poor fishing village by the coast.

Dir: George Schnéevoigt

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Nyhavn 17 perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A spirited Norwegian Lass is torn between two suitors and two cultures.

Dir: George Schnéevoigt

Jack Norton is a careless gambler, until his father turns his back on him. Dead drunk he winds up on a boat going far up North, where he leaves the boat, only to be saved by Eskimos, where he soon falls in love.

Dir: George Schnéevoigt

Grethi Birger is 17 years old - and now stands all alone in the world. Her mother, the great singer, has died in Paris and she has never known his father.