Johannes Meyer

Johannes Meyer

Born: May 28, 1884
Died: November 4, 1972
Handsome smart tall blonde Danish performer Johannes Meyer born in 1884. After graduating grom Gymnasium, Mayer applied twice to the Royal Theatre School and was twice rejected. He made his stage debut at the Dagmarteatret in Copenhagen in 1905 and went on to perform at nearly every theatre in Copenhagen. He appeared in more than 100 movies, making his first film playing the role of Erneste des Tressailles in Viggo Larsen's 'Revolutionsbryllup' at the Nordist Film Co in 1909, His most memorable role as Viktor Frandsen in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 'Master of the House' at the Palladium Film Co in 1925. He was mostly seen in character or supporting roles in many talkies from 1933 until his last film appearance playing the role of Bilvis in Gabriel Axel's 'Hagbard and Signe' in 1967. He was also active on radio and in T.V. dramas and was stage director of the Fonixteatret and Norrebros Theatre before he was hired by the Royal Theatre in 1941. Died in Denmark in 1972 age 88.

Movies for Johannes Meyer...

Hagbard and Signe
Title: Hagbard and Signe
Character: Bilvis
Released: January 16, 1967
Type: Movie
Seeking revenge against the rival clan responsible for the killing, Hagbard, the son of a slain Norse king, calms down long enough to establish a truce. He also falls in love with Signe, the daughter of his one-time enemy. Signe's former beau, sizzling with jealousy, breaks the truce and makes it appear that Hagbard was responsible.
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Tine
Title: Tine
Character: Hr. Bølling
Released: September 4, 1964
Type: Movie
Danish melodrama about a housemaid struggling to find normalcy and love in the midst of war.
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Death Comes at High Noon
Title: Death Comes at High Noon
Character: Dr. Joachim Lindberg
Released: July 31, 1964
Type: Movie
A dark evening, a crime writer Peter Sander, drives through a forest when his car runs out of petrol . A little distance from the road there is a house with lighted windows, and he goes there to borrow a phone. Suddenly he trips over a tree root and sprain one foot . He lags up the forest road . Then there is a shot, a moment after running steps. A beam cuts through the dark. It goes out . The steps moves away. Peter gets up and stomps up to the house . No one responds to his knokking.
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Hvis lille pige er du?
Title: Hvis lille pige er du?
Character: Zimmermann
Released: August 1, 1963
Type: Movie
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Støvsugerbanden
Title: Støvsugerbanden
Character: Augustin
Released: February 25, 1963
Type: Movie
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The Pig Boy and The Princess and the Pea
Title: The Pig Boy and The Princess and the Pea
Released: November 23, 1962
Type: Movie
Two of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales in a blend of animation and live-action.
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Det stod i avisen
Title: Det stod i avisen
Released: September 25, 1962
Type: Movie
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Landsbylægen
Title: Landsbylægen
Character: Læge A.H. Bonnesen
Released: December 26, 1961
Type: Movie
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Ullabella
Title: Ullabella
Character: Overpræsident
Released: March 6, 1961
Type: Movie
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Flemming and Kvik
Title: Flemming and Kvik
Character: Rektor Halling
Released: October 16, 1960
Type: Movie
A Danish movie about the life of Flemming and his best friend Kvik.
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A Hullaballoo at the Castle
Title: A Hullaballoo at the Castle
Released: April 9, 1959
Type: Movie
The cheerful, traveling musicians Flink and Villy meet sweet music in the form of two girls. Unfortunately, the chrome nut is tone deaf and chases them away. Luck smiles on them, however, because the nearby castle Bullerborg is abandoned. Flink and Villy move in - and get mixed up in a fight between a cunning lawyer, a bankrupt count and a sausage maker family.
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Styrmand Karlsen
Title: Styrmand Karlsen
Character: Kaptajn Vilhelm Hammer
Released: October 30, 1958
Type: Movie
First mate Knud Karlsen has just received sad news from his girlfriend. On board the ship is also chef Valdemar, sailor Ole, owner's confident son Robert and a whole bunch of eager sailors. On board develops the drama out every minute, culminating in the film's climax, when a fire breaks out on board
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Krudt og klunker
Title: Krudt og klunker
Character: Professor Ferdinand Schrøder
Released: April 6, 1958
Type: Movie
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Tre finder en kro
Title: Tre finder en kro
Character: Højesteretssagfører Hans Ovesen
Released: September 21, 1955
Type: Movie
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The Blinded
Title: The Blinded
Character: Redaktøren på Sallinghavn Amtsavis
Released: August 8, 1955
Type: Movie
The young mechanic Borge Rasmussen works in Salling Harbour and lives with the slightly older Marinus Frederiksen, who chairs the city's port workers. Marinus sees in Borge, who has lost his parents, his only friend and is easily influenced by his extremist views.
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Sukceskomponisten
Title: Sukceskomponisten
Character: Organist Sørensen
Released: July 11, 1954
Type: Movie
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Hendes store aften
Title: Hendes store aften
Character: Vicevært Julius Jensen
Released: March 12, 1954
Type: Movie
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Kongeligt besøg
Title: Kongeligt besøg
Released: March 1, 1954
Type: Movie
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Det gælder livet
Title: Det gælder livet
Released: December 21, 1953
Type: Movie
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Min søn Peter
Title: Min søn Peter
Released: July 29, 1953
Type: Movie
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Hejrenæs
Title: Hejrenæs
Character: Herskabstjener Blackhøj
Released: February 27, 1953
Type: Movie
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Den gamle mølle paa Mols
Title: Den gamle mølle paa Mols
Character: Klemmesen
Released: February 25, 1953
Type: Movie
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Vi som går køkkenvejen
Title: Vi som går køkkenvejen
Character: Redaktøren
Released: February 2, 1953
Type: Movie
The beautiful and spoiled manufacturer's daughter Helga defiantly bets with her friends whether she can survive a whole year as a working housekeeper without financial help.
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Husmandstøsen
Title: Husmandstøsen
Character: Søren Torpegaard
Released: December 27, 1952
Type: Movie
Helga is on a farm, where she is seduced by her husband, Per Mortensen. As it turns out she is with child, she gets a tough time among local residents. They consider it the greatest shame that can befall a young, unmarried girl. Per refuses bargain to be the father of the child. Her parents can not afford to keep the baby, so she tries to go to court - without result. Fortunately, she gets a new duty station at Torpegaarden where she thrives. In particular, she has a good eye to his son on the farm, Gudmund. He also liked the young girl
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Det store løb
Title: Det store løb
Character: Vilhelm Stone (godsejer)
Released: December 22, 1952
Type: Movie
Den gamle godsejer Vilhelm Stone har på grund af svaghed for kvinder og spil ødelagt sit ægteskab, mistet sin søn og sine venner. Men da han dør, vender sønnen Niels hjem fra Australien for at overtage godset. Så let går det dog ikke. Sagførere trækker arvesagen i langdrag, og i første omgang arver Niels kun galophesten Ibrahim. Niels satser hårdt på at vinde årets store løb på galopbanen, og det er her Poul Reichhardt synger den berømte schlager Ibrahim til sin hest.. I kampen for at få familie-godset får Niels utrolig hjælp af sin tro følgesvend, karlen Nicholajsen.
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Ta' Pelle med
Title: Ta' Pelle med
Character: Gårdejer Lauritz
Released: December 15, 1952
Type: Movie
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2 Minutes Late
Title: 2 Minutes Late
Character: Vicevært Johansen
Released: August 15, 1952
Type: Movie
The body of a loose-living woman is discovered. Who murdered her? Her new hard-drinking boyfriend? Maybe her playboy ex-lover with a criminal past? Or the ex-lover’s pathologically jealous wife. Or..?
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Vejrhanen
Title: Vejrhanen
Character: Theodor Nielsen
Released: July 14, 1952
Type: Movie
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Vi arme syndere
Title: Vi arme syndere
Character: Gulbæk, antikvar
Released: April 24, 1952
Type: Movie
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Avismanden
Title: Avismanden
Character: Kesse
Released: April 14, 1952
Type: Movie
At Vesterbros Torv in Copenhagen, Olsen has his newspaper kiosk. Here comes high and low in society: Homeless, a district attorney with pain in marriage, a barmaid and a writer. They all fight with theirs, while Olsen's good heart makes him interfere in everything he can.
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Dorte
Title: Dorte
Character: Prokuristen
Released: December 17, 1951
Type: Movie
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Fra den gamle købmandsgaard
Title: Fra den gamle købmandsgaard
Character: Godsejer Bjerre
Released: December 6, 1951
Type: Movie
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Som sendt fra himlen
Title: Som sendt fra himlen
Character: Kommandanten
Released: November 15, 1951
Type: Movie
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Frihed forpligter
Title: Frihed forpligter
Released: October 7, 1951
Type: Movie
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Meet Me on Cassiopeia
Title: Meet Me on Cassiopeia
Character: Zeus
Released: October 3, 1951
Type: Movie
Komponisten John Berger er plaget af ægteskabelige problemer og kæmper med en deadline for musikken til en operette. Da han får besøg af musikkens muse Polyhymnia, begynder melodierne at flyde, men hun bliver samtidig årsag til en masse forviklinger i det jordiske liv. Hun forelsker sig, ligesom Johns kone Irene, i flyverløjtnanten Harry, mens hendes far Zeus misbilligende ser til og beslutter sig for at gribe ind. Alt imens nærmer premieren på operetten sig med hastige skridt.
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Fodboldpræsten
Title: Fodboldpræsten
Character: Prokurist Nielsen
Released: September 24, 1951
Type: Movie
-Søren Holm bliver præst i den lille by Harslev. Sognerådsformanden fru Andersen blander sig i præstefamiliens privatliv, og da Søren, for at komme i tale med byens mandlige ungdom, spiller med i en fodboldkamp, bliver fru Andersen gal. Halvdelen af sognet vender Søren ryggen. Men Søren gør et godt arbejde for ungdommen og efterhånden bliver han med degnens mellemkomst både accepteret af sognerådet og af byens ungdom.
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The Face of Truth
Title: The Face of Truth
Character: Arkitektens onkel, Pastor Mikael Rolff
Released: August 21, 1951
Type: Movie
Lau Lauritzen plays an ordinary architect, with a wife and a son. He gets accused for killing a 10-year old girl, and of course nobody doubts he's the one. Even his wife and his uncle has trouble believing him, but at least they don't tell him.
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Mosekongen
Title: Mosekongen
Character: Claus Munk
Released: December 26, 1950
Type: Movie
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Café Paradis
Title: Café Paradis
Released: October 21, 1950
Type: Movie
Café Paradis is an award-winning Danish film made in 1950, directed by Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen Jr., and written by Johannes Allen. The film received the Bodil Award for Film of the Year, and Ib Schønberg, for what is regarded his finest performance, received the Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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Historien om Hjortholm
Title: Historien om Hjortholm
Released: October 5, 1950
Type: Movie
The estate Hjortholm is rescued from bankruptcy, as the pleasant doctor Christian Riis fetches the young engineer Erik Kongsted to the estate.
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The Red Horses
Title: The Red Horses
Character: Købmand Hans Offor
Released: January 9, 1950
Type: Movie
The old renowned Landboskole is spreading a new team of Agricultural Candidates after completing the Course.
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For frihed og ret
Title: For frihed og ret
Character: Niels Nielsen
Released: October 28, 1949
Type: Movie
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Hvor er Far
Title: Hvor er Far
Released: October 30, 1948
Type: Movie
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Mens porten var lukket
Title: Mens porten var lukket
Released: August 23, 1948
Type: Movie
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The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman
Title: The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman
Character: Jonas Olsen
Released: March 30, 1948
Type: Movie
On the 9th of April 1940, the crew of a Danish merchant ship receives the news of Germany's invasion of Denmark. Instead of returning home, they vote in favor of setting course for England. The crew will undergo much hardship over the next five years ...
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Røverne fra Rold
Title: Røverne fra Rold
Character: Søren Hvass - Storbonde
Released: December 22, 1947
Type: Movie
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Jenny and the Soldier
Title: Jenny and the Soldier
Character: Frederik Christensen
Released: October 30, 1947
Type: Movie
A good natured soldier with a killer right hand falls in love with a beautiful girl who has a troubled past.
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Mani
Title: Mani
Released: October 27, 1947
Type: Movie
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I gaar og i morgen
Title: I gaar og i morgen
Released: February 12, 1945
Type: Movie
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Mit liv er musik
Title: Mit liv er musik
Character: Walter S. Nielson, impresario
Released: December 22, 1944
Type: Movie
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Otte akkorder
Title: Otte akkorder
Released: November 4, 1944
Type: Movie
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Besættelse
Title: Besættelse
Character: Jens Steen, Manufakturhandler
Released: October 27, 1944
Type: Movie
Den midaldrende manufakturhandler Jens Steen er på vej til sit sommerhus ved Vestkysten for at slappe af. Helt alene. Imens er 20-årige Else Petersen på spanden - og hun vejrer en ferie med alt betalt. Med klassisk kvindelist fedter hun sig ind hos Jens Steen, der bliver besat af hendes skønhed og ungdom. Men da den lokale, jyske cykelmekaniker skruer op for charmen, kommer der kurrer på tråden. Og inden længe har Jens Steen en skandale på hånden, som han kun kan gøre ét for at afvige Selveste Bodil Ipsen instruerede i 1944 et af den danske filmhistories få film-noir dramaer. Besættelse er en fremragende film om følelsernes yderpunkter og tilværelsens ulidelige lethed.
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Teatertosset
Title: Teatertosset
Character: Fuglesang
Released: February 28, 1944
Type: Movie
A lost hat brings a powerful director and an aspiring actress together.
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Det kære København
Title: Det kære København
Released: January 12, 1944
Type: Movie
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En pige uden lige
Title: En pige uden lige
Released: August 1, 1943
Type: Movie
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My Dear Wives
Title: My Dear Wives
Character: Herbert Reimer
Released: May 24, 1943
Type: Movie
The celebrated actor George Bergmann has four divorces behind him. When his four former wives get the impression that he is cozying up to a very young actress, they feel that they must take action. However, this leads to various misunderstandings and complications, which partly involves the former wives' new men and partly the young girl's strict parents.
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Erik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd
Title: Erik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd
Character: Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør
Released: April 26, 1943
Type: Movie
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Hans Onsdags-Veninde
Title: Hans Onsdags-Veninde
Character: Magdas far
Released: April 21, 1943
Type: Movie
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Lykken kommer
Title: Lykken kommer
Character: Frederik Hagen
Released: December 21, 1942
Type: Movie
Det rige par Jytte og Ole bruger livet til fest og ballade. Efter endnu en aften og nat med fest beslutter ægteparret at blive skilt. Næste dag fortæller de dette til onkel Frederik, der i stedet foreslår et væddemål: i et år skal Jytte og Ole leve for 400,- kr. om måneden, for at de kan mærke hvordan almindelige mennesker lever. De går ind på forslaget og flytter ind i en lille lejlighed. Efterhånden lærer de at klare sig, men opgiver dog væddemålet efter en måned. Da Ole fortæller onkel Frederik, at de ikke vil være med mere, kan Frederik desværre fortælle dem, at han har sat deres formue over styr. Da Ole kommer hjem får han at vide, at Jytte er gravid. Dette ændrer i høj grad deres liv - Jytte og Ole har pludselig fået et livsindhold.
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Derailed
Title: Derailed
Character: Organisten 'Bessefar'
Released: February 19, 1942
Type: Movie
A young woman of good family is driven into one of thieves and prostitutes and ends in suicide.
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Tag til Rønneby kro
Title: Tag til Rønneby kro
Character: Kroejer Bartholdi
Released: December 26, 1941
Type: Movie
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Frk. Kirkemus
Title: Frk. Kirkemus
Character: Obersten
Released: December 26, 1941
Type: Movie
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Come Home With Me
Title: Come Home With Me
Character: Valdemar Nielsen
Released: November 21, 1941
Type: Movie
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Tag det som en mand
Title: Tag det som en mand
Character: Theodor Woller, godsejer
Released: August 1, 1941
Type: Movie
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Jeg har elsket og levet
Title: Jeg har elsket og levet
Character: Tutein
Released: December 17, 1940
Type: Movie
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Sommerglæder
Title: Sommerglæder
Released: September 25, 1940
Type: Movie
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I de gode gamle dage
Title: I de gode gamle dage
Character: Fyrst Ivar Rose
Released: August 9, 1940
Type: Movie
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Nordhavets mænd
Title: Nordhavets mænd
Released: October 30, 1939
Type: Movie
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Children of Divorce
Title: Children of Divorce
Character: Professor Dreyer, kunstmaler
Released: August 11, 1939
Type: Movie
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En lille tilfældighed
Title: En lille tilfældighed
Released: April 10, 1939
Type: Movie
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Under byens tage
Title: Under byens tage
Character: Kunstprofessor Abel
Released: April 17, 1938
Type: Movie
Under byens tage går livet sin brogede gang. Det veksler med tårer og smil, med lykke og sorg. I kunstner-restauranten "Mona Bar" i indre by fungerer den tidligere model Mona Frank som kunstnernes gudinde. Hun hjælper både med penge og hjertesorger. Mellem de mange kunstnere har Niels Brandemose sit eget ansigt. Han er for nylig kommet til byen for at gå på Akademiet, og hele hans higen og lyst står til at blive maler.
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Alarm
Title: Alarm
Character: Fabrikant Schmidt
Released: February 21, 1938
Type: Movie
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Plat eller krone
Title: Plat eller krone
Character: Herkules' far
Released: September 16, 1937
Type: Movie
This film follows two men, the plain Herkules (Ib Schønberg) and the rich Erik (Angelo Bruun). When they were boys, Erik defended his good friend Herkules. And he never forgot that fact. They stay up for each other, no matter that Erik gambles his money away, or what ever happens to Herkules.
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Incognito
Title: Incognito
Character: Direktør A. Schram
Released: February 9, 1937
Type: Movie
Incognito is a 1937 Danish family film directed by Valdemar Lauritzen and starring Ib Schønberg.
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Danmark for Folket
Title: Danmark for Folket
Character: Hr. Justesen
Released: January 1, 1937
Type: Movie
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Giftes - nej tak!
Title: Giftes - nej tak!
Released: December 4, 1936
Type: Movie
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De bør forelske Dem
Title: De bør forelske Dem
Released: December 19, 1935
Type: Movie
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Rasmines bryllup
Title: Rasmines bryllup
Character: Blikkenslager Mikkelsen
Released: February 11, 1935
Type: Movie
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Flugten fra millionerne
Title: Flugten fra millionerne
Character: Præsident for Papegøjesamfundet
Released: December 22, 1934
Type: Movie
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Nøddebo Præstegård
Title: Nøddebo Præstegård
Character: Hans Blicher
Released: November 26, 1934
Type: Movie
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Nøddebo Præstegaard
Title: Nøddebo Præstegaard
Released: November 26, 1934
Type: Movie
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Lynet
Title: Lynet
Character: Generaldirektør
Released: September 26, 1934
Type: Movie
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Skaf en sensation
Title: Skaf en sensation
Character: Redaktør Johannes Halling
Released: August 9, 1934
Type: Movie
Editor Halling is always looking for sensations in his newspaper. He believes in the principle that readers must have what they like,and he therefore notes with satisfaction that there has been a new large jewel theft, the fifth in the last 14 days. It is apparently an unusually cunning gang and the police are powerless. Between the numerous newspaper delivery is the little newspaper girl Suzanne, called Sus, and she manage a small newsstand in Adelgade.
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Saa til Søs
Title: Saa til Søs
Character: Direktør Johan Nordborg
Released: December 26, 1933
Type: Movie
Tre enfoldige fisker-brødre nyder livet. De får hjælp af den unge pige Sus, der styrer hus og hjælper til på fiskekutteren. Da brødrene får et godt tilbud om at låne penge til Hotel slår de straks til. Der er dog den skumle entreprenør Gravenkop de låner pengene af. Samtidig bliver der smuglet til byen; billig sprut er i omløb. Sus forsøger sammen med sin ven Stille at opklare forbrydelsen.
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De blaa drenge
Title: De blaa drenge
Released: August 15, 1933
Type: Movie
Sylvia Grøn bliver fyret som lærerinde. I stedet slår hun sig sammen med sin store beundrer, skuespilleren Herman Sander. Sylvia Grøn lægger sine sparepenge i hans rejsende teater, men det går dårligt for teatret. Billedet af Herman Sander falmer også efterhånden som tiden går. Sylvias gamle elev, Eva Kristoffersen, søger tilflugt i teatertruppen. Hun er hemmeligt forelsket i komponisten Henrik Brandt. Lige inden nøglen må drejes om for teatergruppen får Sylvia en ide. Henrik Brandt har skrevet et teaterstykke og det vil hun sætte op.
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Master of the House
Title: Master of the House
Character: Viktor Frandsen
Released: October 5, 1925
Type: Movie
A bully browbeats his wife and children until he meets his match in the woman who raised him.
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Love One Another
Title: Love One Another
Character: Rylowitsch
Released: February 7, 1922
Type: Movie
Based on the novel 'Elsker hverandre' by Aage Madelung, the film follows various lives, one of which is Jewish girl Hanne-Liebe, as she grows up, and experiences the pains of living as a Jew in Russia, leading to a revolution.
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Leaves from Satan's Book
Title: Leaves from Satan's Book
Character: Don Fernandez (second sequence)
Released: November 15, 1920
Type: Movie
The power of Satan is highlighted in four historical tales: the betrayal and subsequent arrest of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution and the execution of Marie Antoinette, and the Finnish War of Independence in 1918.
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While the Christmas Bells Rings
Title: While the Christmas Bells Rings
Released: December 26, 1917
Type: Movie
It is Christmas Eve, and some are finding it easier to look forward to the upcoming celebrations than others. In the home of Widow Ejlersen and her adult son John, money is tight. John has spent his last dime on his mother’s rent, and as his boss refuses to give him an advance, he cannot even buy her a Christmas present. That evening, John drifts aimlessly along the wintry streets while his boss, manufacturer Berg, and his little daughter Else open large presents in their beautiful, warm living room. In sheer desperation, John decides to rob Berg’s house, and the evening takes an unexpected turn. (Stumfilm.dk)
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The Secret of the Night Express
Title: The Secret of the Night Express
Character: Wilton, prokurist
Released: March 8, 1917
Type: Movie
A dead man is found near the railway tracks, and his watch has stopped on the exact time the night train to New York is passing the spot. Detective Tom Barker follows a trail that leads him to Samuel Braun, manager of the Pool-workshop's Europe-branch. When Braun finds out that he is a suspect, he tries to escape, but the police catch up on him. In court, he tells a story about financial fraud, murder and impossible love. (stumfilm.dk)
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Aquitted
Title: Aquitted
Character: Officer
Released: January 1, 1914
Type: Movie
The count makes his new wife jealous when he helps a female rider who makes obvious advances at him. Lydia has barely forgiven her husband before things go wrong again. During a horse race, the count has a terrible accident that leaves him paralysed. Lydia must be strong and make up her mind: How far is she willing to go to help her beloved? (Stumfilm.dk)
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Count Dahlbog's Secret
Title: Count Dahlbog's Secret
Released: January 1, 1914
Type: Movie
FRAGMENT | These recordings were part of Valdemar Psilander’s live performance at the Royal Orfeum in Budapest, in February and March 1914. Psilander financed the show himself, and it was a mixture of film and theatre under the title Count Dahlborg’s Secret. The film footage, which unfortunately hasn’t been preserved in its entirety, opened the performance, after which Psilander himself rode onto the stage and continued the action. (stumfilm.dk)
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The Gambler's Wife
Title: The Gambler's Wife
Character: Werner
Released: December 29, 1913
Type: Movie
A past lover ignites a fiery gambling addiction within the reckless Prince Spinarosa. The old lover, Asta Leonhard, ensures that the prince acquires a royal gambling debt. Princess Spinarosa is a famous dancer in her own right and graciously offers her husband a piece of jewellery to cover his debt. One day she sees Asta wearing that very same piece of jewellery. Shattered by humiliation, the Princess realises that she must walk away from the prince and everything she knows. (Stumfilm.dk)