Förste Filmarkiv, Det/The First Film Archive

Synopsis: In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of The Danish Film Institute, the first seventy films donated to the Danish state have been made available on this DVD, which shows Danish events and people of the period 1899-1913. The collection comprises twenty films donated by Royal Court Photographer Peter Elfelt, thirty one films given by founder of Nordisk Films Kompagni, Ole Olsen, and nineteen films given by Journalist Anker Kirkeby on behalf of the newspaper Politiken. The films from Politiken were produced with the specific purpose of creating a national film archive. Includes a 24 pages booklet by Thomas Christensen and Esben Krohn.
Language: Danish
Country: Germany
Year of release: 2013
Notes: Intertitles in Danish; subtitles in English
Subjects: Film studies
Keywords: Denmark; film archives; silent films; history of Denmark

Name: Edition Filmmuseum
Email: info@edition-filmmuseum.com
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Notes: Edition Filmmuseum is a joint project of film archives and cultural institutions in the German-speaking part of Europe. Its ambition is to publish film works of artistic, cultural and historical value in DVD editions that both utilise the possibilities of digital media and meet the quality demands of the archival profession. Participating archives include Bonner Kinemathek, Bundesarchiv, Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg, Cinémathèque Suisse, Deutsche Kinemathek, Deutsches Filminstitut, Filmmuseum Düsseldorf, Filmmuseum München, Filmmuseum Potsdam, Goethe-Institut, and Österreichisches Filmmuseum. DVDs are organised under the headings: German films, International cinema, Documentaries, Films about film, Short film collections, Filmed literature, Silent movies, Film and Art, and DVD collections. There are both German and English language versions of the website. Sale on DVD. All the films of an author or a theme are offered as a DVD collection for a reduced price.

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