Clara Pontoppidan Movies

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore...

Director Cordt is in love with the chancellor's daughter Wilda, who unfortunately has a crush on the actor Frits. But Cordt knows: The only way to...

Outside the large hotel, there is a lot of activity. It is teeming with foreigners, buses arrive and depart, and indoors the air is filled with...

A beautiful but imperious princess refuses all offers of marriage, often condemning her suitors to death. The prince of Denmark comes seeking her...

A romantic couple's happiness is threatened when the girl's father, a forester, decide to marry her off to a much older man, a valet.

At Helene Dragstrup's 20th birthday, her grandmother Margrethe decides that it is time that Helene learns something about life outside the protective...

Brothers Paul and Georg Williams' latest invention is of great military importance, and a foreign nation enlist it's most deadly spy, Mylady, to get...

The man-hungry “vampire,” later to be popularized by America’s Theda Bara, made her screen debut in this Danish melodrama directed...

Documentary on the rise and fall of the Danish silent film industry.

The power of Satan is highlighted in four historical tales: the betrayal and subsequent arrest of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French...

Hedvig Rehmer, a widow with a young daughter, marries bank manager Wilhelm Hagberg. But her character is put in question when her daughter's father...

Things are going well for the young ship’s mate Willy. He has just completed his exams with excellent results and, what is more, he has become...

The film depicts a series of events that take place in a Copenhagen apartment building while the gate is closed, specifically between 10 p.m. and 7...

Director Saxilds believes that his son, Gunnar (played by Carlo Wieth), is a splendid young man who stays away from women and temptations, but Saxild...

A Chinese diplomat is kidnapped from a conference in Genève and the world peace is at risk. The trail leads to a hiding place in Denmark and...

Six people—three couples—meet by chance at a dance restaurant in Copenhagen's nightlife scene. A marriage swindler and former actress, an...

A satire on movie newsreels combines with humorous narration of silent screen footage in this one reel comedy short.