Dansk Kulturfilm

Documentary short film about the work of Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), one of the most famous Danish sculptors, who spent a good part of his life in Italy.

A tribute to the poet Christian Winther (1796-1876). Nature poetry, national romance and the poet's life story.

A wordless ode to the Storstrom bridge.

The Mothers' Aid is a state-funded institution with branches all over Denmark. Erna, a young pregnant woman, has asked a doctor to carry out an abortion, but instead he advised her to go to the Mothers' Aid for consultation.

Directed by Danish filmmakers Bjarne and Astrid Henning-Jensen, THOSE BLASTED KIDS tells a story of a group of back-alley urchins that is considered Denmark’s first true children’s film.

A documentary portrait of Carl Th. Dreyer, filmed shortly after the Paris premiere of "Gertrud." Through Dreyer’s own reflections on his films, the documentary explores his ideas about script, casting, acting, set design, and the pursuit of simplicity as the foundation of cinematic style.

The film gives a picture of the busy life that moves throughout the day in the Radio House, and it shows us the people behind the voices as well as the technical means needed to complete the broadcasts. Reportage and department manager Aksel Dahlerup (later radio director from 1959-1967) takes the viewer on a tour through the radio house's many studios, where orchestras rehearse, choir singers rehearse, actors record audio plays and speakers advertise the press radio newspaper. We also drop by the director's office, the music archive and the Marketenderiet, where the house's many employees meet over a bite to eat or a cup of coffee.

Sharply critical film about rural water pollution in the Jutland countryside district of medical officer Jens Jensen. Situations of everyday water use are illustrated by graphic representations of a well and surrounding soil layers. A new well is correctly constructed in the farmyard.

A Danish PSA urging people to see the doctor before it's too late to cure their cancer.

Film about how the day goes for a single mother and about her life. Sympathy is created for the single mother as one of the many who are alone in a multifaceted responsibility.

A walk through Dyrehaven near Copenhagen, full of lyrical and humorous details, which give an impression of typical Danish summer life and of Danish landscapes. The film is based on Knud Åge Riisager's piece "Summer Rhapsody" played by the Radio Orchestra with Erik Tuxen as conductor.

A short experimental film by (Carl Th. Dreyer's cinematographer) Jørgen Roos and surrealist painter Wilhelm Freddie.

"Flugten"/"Escape" is about a murderer who is running away from his crime but can't run away from his guilt.

We are in a Zealand village in the years before the reading of the staves. Jacob, the son of alderman Jeppe, goes from farm to farm and blows for the town meeting. Today the farmers are to meet to discuss when to start the rye harvest. The young farmer, who is eager to get started, does not have much confidence that they will be able to agree. When he gets home, he asks his father why they cannot harvest right away. Maybe it will be like last time, when the rye was rotting in the field. He does not understand that they always have to wait for the others. The old farmer gives him a sharp rebuke: "Don't pretend to be smarter than you are!“

The film shows Kronborg as it must have looked to Shakespeare when he visited the castle, if indeed he did, three centuries ago. The filmmakers run with the idea of Shakespeare visiting Hamlet’s Castle and give it filmic expression. The past returns as King Frederik II and his court gather…

A young boy wakes up to find all other people have gone, leaving him free to do whatever he wants.

Documentary short of artist J.F. Willumsen.

Martin Andersen Nexø talks about his writing, about writing novels and explains the background of the main characters in 'Pelle the Conqueror' and 'Your Child'. The film was shot on December 1, 1947 on the initiative of Johs. Øhlenschlæger.