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Circulating

Status:

In

V1648

Scandinavian Silent Films

Zangenberg, Einar; Gad, Urban; Sjöström, Victor

Description:

1/2 in., VHS, NTSC.   viewing copy.   1 videocassette of 1.
b/w.   silent - no soundtrack.  

Notes:

Silent, transferred at 24 fps. Includes (Danish except for TERJE VIGEN): THE LIVE STATUE / Svømmeren aka The Swimmer (probable director: Einar Zangenberg, Kinografen, 1913, 9 min.); A WEDDING NIGHT / En Bryllupaften (Zangenberg, Kinografen, 1911, 8 min.): THE ABYSS / Afgrunden (Urban Gad, Kosmorama, 1910, 24 min.); TERJE VIGEN (Victor Sjöström, Sweden, 1916, 35 min.).

Titles

+ Live Statue, The

Alternate Title:

The Swimmer

0 minutes

Genre:

Silent Cinema

+ Terje Vigen

Alternate Title:

A Man There Was

Director:

Sjöström, Victor

Running Time:

Short.   35 minutes

Sound:

silent - no soundtrack

Color:

b/w

Country:

Sweden

Year:

1916

Genre:

Early Cinema, Drama, Silent Cinema

Notes:

Silent, transferred at 24 fps. With Sjöström, Edith Erastoff, August Falck. Based on an epic poem by Henrik Ibsen, this film is commonly cited as the film that launched Sweden’s first golden age of filmmaking. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, it tells the story of a fisherman so desperate to obtain food for his starving family that he tries to break through a British blockade, only to find himself at the mercy of extraordinary force. Original language title: TERJE VIGEN.

Link to:

FII catalog |

+ Wedding Night, A

Director:

Zangenberg, Einar

Running Time:

Short.   8 minutes

Sound:

silent - no soundtrack

Color:

b/w

Country:

Denmark

Year:

1911

Genre:

Early Cinema, Silent Cinema

Notes:

Silent, transferred at 24 fps. Original language title: EN BRYLLUPAFTEN.

+ Abyss, The

Director:

Gad, Urban

Production Co:

Kosmorama

Running Time:

Short.   24 minutes

Sound:

silent - no soundtrack

Color:

b/w

Country:

Denmark

Year:

1910

Genre:

Early Cinema, Silent Cinema

Notes:

Silent, transferred at 24 fps.