Movies: Peter Elfelt

A child murderess is led to her execution....

Johan Carl Joensen, a Danish colonial manager in Greenland, drives his dog sled in Copenhagen’s Fælledparken. (stumfilm.dk)...

A group of military men uses explosives to de-root trees....

Spirited Ukrainian trepak dance, performed by Russian soloist Wania Tartakoff. (Stumfilm.DK)...

A joyful Pas de Deux, performed by Clara Rasmussen and Margrethe Andersen. Clara Rasmussen/Wieth/Pontoppidan (1883-1975) was to become one of the most famous actresses of Danish silent cinema; one of her most notable performances is in Dreyer’s 'Lea...

A short film from Peter Elfelt showing Dagmar Hansen....

Early wrestling footage....

Prominent people at a funeral....

Traveling by tracks through the streets of Aarhus....

Students collecting money for the children....

The Children's Dance from 'Elverhøj', performed by Gudrun Christensen and Helga Smith. Elverhøj (1828; literal translation, Elves’ Hill) by Johan Ludvig Heiberg, with music by Frederik Kuhlau, is considered the Danish national play. It was commissio...

Horses riding at Kongerevuen....

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...

Fredensborg castle in North Zealand was the base of the so-called 'Fredensborg Days' in the period 1880-1898, where King Christian IX and Queen Louise would gather the family. The tradition petered out after the death of Czar Alexander III in 1894 an...

Danish street scene....

Alexandra (1844-1925), daughter of Christian IX, married in 1863 to Prince Edward (1841-1910), who after Queen Victoria's death in 1901 became King Edward VII of Great Britain and Ireland. She often visited Denmark....

The Kaiser was an unpopular guest in Denmark. Both for personal and political reasons, the Danish court did not want to have too close ties to the German Kaiser. But the Kaiser had a habit of inviting himself....

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....

Fun at the beach....

Ballet by August Bournonville 1871. With Hans Beck, Valborg Borchsenius (née Guldbrandsen) and Ellen Price. (Stumfilm.DK)...