Peter Elfelt — Director (9)
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The Icelandic Althing Visits Copenhagen (1906) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Islands Altings besög i Köbenhavn
director: Peter Elfelt
other title: Islands Altings besög i Köbenhavn / Islands Altings besøg i København
Long winded film runs just over six-minutes but we're pretty much shown Iceland's Parliament as they board a ship and are given a reception by the Danish crown.
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La Sylphide (1903) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Sylfiden
director: Peter Elfelt actor: Ellen Price
other title: Sylfiden / ‎La Sylphide
Solo from 'La sylphide' (1836), ballet by August Bournonville. Performed by Ellen Price (1878-1968), soloist from 1903. Ellen Price's dancing in Hans Beck's ballet 'The Little Mermaid' (1909) was the inspiration for Edvard Eriksen's statue of the same name (1911). (Stumfilm.DK)
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Children's Welfare Day in Copenhagen (1907) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Børnehjælpsdagen i København
director: Peter Elfelt
other title: Børnehjælpsdagen i København
The first Child Welfare Day took place 6 May 1904. The goal was to collect money for humanitarian work with children and youth. It was a festive occasion where many contemporary artists participated. -Det Danske Filminstitut (Danish Film Institute)
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Holmenkollen Ski Jump (1906) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Skiløb. Holmenkollen
director: Peter Elfelt
other title: Skiløb. Holmenkollen
Danish filmmaker Peter Elfelt took his camera to the bottom of the slopes at the skiing competition in Norway. At the bottom of the slope the director captured the man finishing off their jumps.
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The Emperor of Russia's Arrival in Elsinore (1902) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Czar Nikolai II's Ankomst til Helsingør
director: Peter Elfelt actor: Czar Nicholas II of Russia / Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna
other title: Czar Nikolai II's Ankomst til Helsingør / Kejser Nikolaus ankomst til Helsingør 1901
Nikolai II (1868-1918), the last Russian czar, son of Alexander III and Dagmar. He had been in Denmark on vacation with his parents several times. The royal houses usually met in September to celebrate Queen Louise's birthday. Even after Queen Louise's death, the families still kept the tradition.
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The Tarantella from 'Napoli' (1903) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tarantellen af 'Napoli'
director: Peter Elfelt actor: Hans Beck / Valborg Borchsenius
other title: Tarantellen af 'Napoli' / Tarantellen af Napoli …
This Danish film shows us a young woman doing a dance, which translates to tarantula. According to the brief bio over at the Europa Film Treasures site, this dance was "influenced" by the delirium caused by the bite of a tarantula.
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The Spiritist Faustinus (1906) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Faustinus
director: Peter Elfelt actor: Dr. Faustinus
other title: Faustinus
The short clip shows a spiritualist séance featuring a medium and two ‘spirits’, shot in Peter Elfelt’s studio. Dr Faustinus (1868–1946 – real name Faustinus Edelberg Pedersen), after whom the film is named, was an active figure within the field of spiritism and the occult. (Stumfilm.dk)