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Peter Elfelt

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Peter Elfelt

Born January 1, 1866 · Elsinore, Denmark

Died February 18, 1931 · aged 65

Peter Elfelt was a pioneering Danish photographer and filmmaker, recognized as Denmark's first filmmaker. Initially establishing himself as a prominent portrait photographer in Copenhagen, he became the royal court photographer in 1900. In 1897, Elfelt began producing documentary films, capturing significant national events and daily life in Denmark. He directed Denmark's first fiction film, The E…

Known For

Tietgen's FuneralTietgen's Funeral · 1901
Tietgen's Funeral
★ 5.71901
MovieDocumentary
Prominent people at a funeral.
Orpheus and EurydiceOrpheus and Eurydice · 1906
Orpheus and Eurydice
★ 6.01906
MovieDocumentary
Dance from the opera from 1762 by Christoph Willibad Gluck (1714-1787), choreography by Hans Beck 1896. Performed by Valborg Borchsenius (née Guldbrandsen), Ellen Price, Elisabeth Beck (1865-1946) and Anna Marie Agerholm (1875-1929).
The Spiritist FaustinusThe Spiritist Faustinus · 1906
The Spiritist Faustinus
1906
MovieHorror
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)
Viking løber af StabelenViking løber af Stabelen · 1907
Viking løber af Stabelen
★ 4.01907
MovieDocumentary
Release of a ship.
De Kongelige skal fotograferesDe Kongelige skal fotograferes · 1899
De Kongelige skal fotograferes
★ 5.61899
MovieDocumentary
Filmed while the Christian IX, King of Denmark, and his family was taking their picture.
Bech Olsens og Poul Pons' brydekampBech Olsens og Poul Pons' brydekamp · 1899
Bech Olsens og Poul Pons' brydekamp
★ 4.81899
MovieDocumentary
Early wrestling footage.
Linotol Comp.Linotol Comp. · 1905
Linotol Comp.
★ 4.51905
MovieDocumentary
A Danish commercial for Aktieselskabet Linotol-Kompagniet and linotol floor covering.
From Siberia to MoscowFrom Siberia to Moscow · 1905
From Siberia to Moscow
1905
MovieDocumentary
'From Siberia to Moscow' (1876) was August Bournonville’s last long ballet. It was inspired by an 1874 trip to Russia, where Bournonville met Marius Petipa and saw several of his ballets. The music was composed by Carl Christian Møller. The smart prances of the Jockey Dance are here performed by Gustav Uhlendorff (1875-1962), dancer and later master of the Danish Royal Ballet in the 1920s, and dancer Richard Jensen (1883-1935), who acted in a number of Danish silent films in the early 1910s. (Stumfilm. DK)

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