Rasmus Ottesen
Ditte, Child of Man (1946)
Ditte is born out of wedlock and lives as a young girl with her old beloved grandmother. As an illegitimate child she is teased in school and more than anything in the world she wants a father. When steady - utterly reliable - herring dealer Lars Petter shows up ... (more)
Ditte is born out of wedlock and lives as a young girl with her old beloved grandmother. As an illegitimate child she is teased in school and more than anything in the world she wants a father. When steady - utterly reliable - herring dealer Lars Petter shows up ... (more)
Den kloge mand (1937)
For frihed og ret (1949)
The Pride of the Circus (1912)
A tightrope walker from a traveling circus falls deeply in love with the mayor's daughter in a small seaside town. When he saves her from a deadly fire, his feelings are reciprocated by the young woman, who immediately accepts his marriage proposal. To spite the ... (more)
A tightrope walker from a traveling circus falls deeply in love with the mayor's daughter in a small seaside town. When he saves her from a deadly fire, his feelings are reciprocated by the young woman, who immediately accepts his marriage proposal. To spite the ... (more)
The Golden Horns (1914)
Using motifs from the classic Adam Oehlenschläger poem, the legend of the Golden Horns is told across four different epochs: the discovery of the first golden horn in 1639, the discovery of the second golden horn in 1734, the theft of the golden horns in 1802, and ... (more)
Using motifs from the classic Adam Oehlenschläger poem, the legend of the Golden Horns is told across four different epochs: the discovery of the first golden horn in 1639, the discovery of the second golden horn in 1734, the theft of the golden horns in 1802, and ... (more)
Everyman (1915)
In 1911 the German poet Hugo von Hofmansthal wrote a new version of the medieval morality play Everyman, and this was staged in Danish translation at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen in 1915. At the time, it was radical example of symbolist abstraction. Its success ... (more)
In 1911 the German poet Hugo von Hofmansthal wrote a new version of the medieval morality play Everyman, and this was staged in Danish translation at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen in 1915. At the time, it was radical example of symbolist abstraction. Its success ... (more)
His Guilty Conscience (1914)
The story of Den Fremmede, the earliest of the surviving Gliickstadt films, revolves around Poul Wang (Emanuel Gregers), a confidential clerk for a trading company. One evening he goes to a nightclub with some friends while his wife, Clara (Gudrun Houlberg), waits ... (more)
The story of Den Fremmede, the earliest of the surviving Gliickstadt films, revolves around Poul Wang (Emanuel Gregers), a confidential clerk for a trading company. One evening he goes to a nightclub with some friends while his wife, Clara (Gudrun Houlberg), waits ... (more)
The Dock Catastrophe (1913)
Gernau, a successful engineer, is married to a younger woman, Anna. Their marriage is fraught with jealousy, with Anna still being wooed by her former sweetheart. When an accident occurs at the inauguration of his life’s work, The Dock, Gernau’s world collapses. He ... (more)
Gernau, a successful engineer, is married to a younger woman, Anna. Their marriage is fraught with jealousy, with Anna still being wooed by her former sweetheart. When an accident occurs at the inauguration of his life’s work, The Dock, Gernau’s world collapses. He ... (more)
Raphael, the Gypsy (1914)
A baby’s christening turns into a nightmare when Baron and Baroness von Wilhjelm’s young son is kidnapped by travellers. Mother and son are reunited after 20 years apart, when the band of travellers sets up camp at the very same estate where the Baroness resides. ... (more)
A baby’s christening turns into a nightmare when Baron and Baroness von Wilhjelm’s young son is kidnapped by travellers. Mother and son are reunited after 20 years apart, when the band of travellers sets up camp at the very same estate where the Baroness resides. ... (more)