Movies: Frederik Christensen

  • 1922
    Häxan

    Häxan (1922)

    Häxan

    7.61922HD

    Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-th...

    Häxan
  • 1912
    Love in the Tropics

    Love in the Tropics (1912)

    Love in the Tropics

    01912HD

    The young Englishman Cecil Brown lives and works on a tea plantation in India. When he is about to set off to London on leave, his Indian girlfriend Profula wants to go with him. He refuses even though she begs him. Only when she threatens to take he...

    Love in the Tropics
  • 1913
    A Woman's Honour

    A Woman's Honour (1913)

    A Woman's Honour

    01913HD

    Marie, the daughter of a pastor, and major Trolle are young and in love, and they seem destined to become engaged. Everything is coming up roses when a serpent enters this Paradise. Trolle’s close friend, Hoffmann, begins making passes at Marie, and ...

    A Woman's Honour
  • 1912
    The Vampire Dancer

    The Vampire Dancer (1912)

    The Vampire Dancer

    2.51912HD

    The man-hungry “vampire,” later to be popularized by America’s Theda Bara, made her screen debut in this Danish melodrama directed by August Blom. Clara Wieth starred in the title role of the Vampire Dancer, which is just what she was: a dancer perfo...

    The Vampire Dancer
  • 1912
    The Great Circus Catastrophe

    The Great Circus Catastrophe (1912)

    The Great Circus Catastrophe

    31912HD

    Of the films that Psilander made at Nordisk during the first two years it is the film Dødsspring til Hest fra Cirkuskuplen (The Great Circus Catastrophe), that is worth noting. Maybe not so much for Psilander's acting, but for the sensational, action...

    The Great Circus Catastrophe
  • 1912
    The Two Convicts

    The Two Convicts (1912)

    The Two Convicts

    01912HD

    Students Lind and Beck are on a hiking trip in North Zealand. They enjoy the summer sun, eat apples by the roadside and soon come across the idyllic estate Sølyst, where they fall in love with the estate owner’s two beautiful daughters. Soon, however...

    The Two Convicts
  • 1913
    Under the Wing of the Mill

    Under the Wing of the Mill (1913)

    Under the Wing of the Mill

    01913HD

    Young engineer Jameson quickly demonstrates his worth at his new workplace. Chief engineer Hooper is more interested in drinking whisky and chasing women than in making accurate calculations for the construction plans. Jameson quickly corrects this s...

    Under the Wing of the Mill
  • 1914
    In the Shadow of the Throne

    In the Shadow of the Throne (1914)

    In the Shadow of the Throne

    01914HD

    When Prince Otto is involved in a hunting accident, the game warden’s daughter Ellen becomes his nurse. She falls head over heels in love with him and the infatuation is mutual. But when the prince’s father, the ruler, dies, it turns out that the pri...

    In the Shadow of the Throne