A weird, grainy walk through a brewery with royalty

Is it worth your time?

Honestly, only if you are the type of person who gets a kick out of watching 90-year-old archival footage of people walking in slow motion. If you want a narrative, look elsewhere. If you want to see what a brewery looked like in Denmark before everything was automated, you're in the right place.

The whole thing is barely a few minutes long. It feels less like a movie and more like a ghost that someone accidentally digitized. There’s no plot, no dialogue, just a lot of stiff bowing and very fancy hats.

It’s kind of funny to compare this to something like Duck Soup, which came out right around the same time. While the Marx Brothers were busy burning down the concept of government, these guys were just looking at barrels. It’s a wild contrast.

The vibe

There is this moment where the King is looking at a vat of beer and he nods like he’s judging it. I have no idea if he even likes beer. Maybe he was just tired.

The crowd scenes have this weird, static energy. Everyone looks like they were told to stand perfectly still and wait for the camera to stop rolling. It makes me think of the eerie, silent feeling in Nattens barn, even though the subject matter couldn't be further apart.

• The coats are incredible. Seriously, the tailoring was top-tier back then.
• The camera moves with all the grace of a brick, which is actually kind of charming.
• I spent five minutes trying to figure out if that was a beer or a chemical spill.

It’s not trying to be anything. It just is. There’s something oddly refreshing about a film that isn't trying to sell you a message or a moral. It’s just footage of royalty near beer. 🍺

You can tell the people in the background are just trying to act natural while a camera crew follows them around. It’s awkward in that way only old black-and-white films can manage. I think I liked it more than I should have.