Valdemar Psilander Movies

  • 1924
    The Film in the Film

    The Film in the Film

    The Film in the Film

    7.51924HD

    The only surviving excerpt of a documentary on film production in Weimar Germany, featuring the different personalities of several famous directors...

    The Film in the Film
  • 1911
    The Ballet Dancer

    The Ballet Dancer

    The Ballet Dancer

    4.61911HD

    The ballet pupil Camilla Favier makes for a quick success and falls for the author Jean Mayol. She discovers a love letter to him from a rich married...

    The Ballet Dancer
  • 1912
    Love in the Tropics

    Love in the Tropics

    Love in the Tropics

    01912HD

    The young Englishman Cecil Brown lives and works on a tea plantation in India. When he is about to set off to London on leave, his Indian girlfriend...

    Love in the Tropics
  • 1920
    The Actor's Love-Story

    The Actor's Love-Story

    The Actor's Love-Story

    01920HD

    19-year-old Melitta von Windheim is profoundly fascinated by the famous actor Ludvig Romay. That’s why she can hardly believe her own good...

    The Actor's Love-Story
  • 1915
    The Candle and the Moth

    The Candle and the Moth

    The Candle and the Moth

    5.21915HD

    Young hothead Billy, quick to speak and drifting into a life of crime, has many encounters the community's lay preacher, John Redmond. Billy's...

    The Candle and the Moth
  • 1911
    The Black Dream

    The Black Dream

    The Black Dream

    4.71911HD

    Stella, a circus princess, has two suitors: young, handsome Count Waldberg and the greying, hidebound jeweller Hirsch. Stella’s love for...

    The Black Dream
  • 1912
    Fire at Sea

    Fire at Sea

    Fire at Sea

    01912HD

    The popular artist Frank Harvey has been offered a job in America. On the voyage across the Atlantic, Harvey catches sight of the captain’s...

    Fire at Sea
  • 1914
    Count Dahlbog's Secret

    Count Dahlbog's Secret

    Count Dahlbog's Secret

    01914HD

    FRAGMENT | These recordings were part of Valdemar Psilander’s live performance at the Royal Orfeum in Budapest, in February and March 1914....

    Count Dahlbog's Secret
  • 1911
    Temptations of a Great City

    Temptations of a Great City

    Temptations of a Great City

    5.51911HD

    Mrs. Hellertz is distraught about her son Aage, who – in spite of a good pay and generous support from home – manages to spend every...

    Temptations of a Great City
  • 1914
    Alone with the Devil

    Alone with the Devil

    Alone with the Devil

    51914HD

    The manufacturer Laroque stops at nothing when trying to destroy his enemies, and this time Fréderic Nessières, one of his competitors,...

    Alone with the Devil
  • 1911
    A Fatal Lie

    A Fatal Lie

    A Fatal Lie

    01911HD

    Doctor Willy Prager’s long, selfless office hours come at the expense of his attention-seeking fiancée. During a garden party, Willy is...

    A Fatal Lie
  • 1911
    A Victim of the Mormons

    A Victim of the Mormons

    A Victim of the Mormons

    3.71911HD

    On a holiday, the family Gram meets a young, mysterious man who turns out to be a Mormon. In spite of her fiancèe's presence, the daughter...

    A Victim of the Mormons
  • 1916
    A Marriage of Convenience

    A Marriage of Convenience

    A Marriage of Convenience

    01916HD

    A Marriage of Convenience
  • 1919
    The Wages of Virtue

    The Wages of Virtue

    The Wages of Virtue

    01919HD

    INCOMPLETE | The Widow Stein’s children, Vita and Arthur, are as different as night and day. Vita spends all her time taking care of her mother...

    The Wages of Virtue
  • 1911
    Love and Money

    Love and Money

    Love and Money

    01911HD

    FRAGMENT | Wild love drives a woman to steal money from her own father. It is the lodging lieutenant Von Bremer, who has charmed her with empty...

    Love and Money
  • 1912
    Desdemona

    Desdemona

    Desdemona

    2.81912HD

    A husband and wife play the roles of Othello and Desdemona on stage, and find themselves in a similar situation in their own lives.

    Desdemona
  • 1915
    A Revolution Marriage

    A Revolution Marriage

    A Revolution Marriage

    01915HD

    It’s the spring of 1793 and the French Revolution is raging. King Louis XVI had been beheaded in Paris a few months earlier, and the whole of...

    A Revolution Marriage
  • 1914
    Arbejdet adler

    Arbejdet adler

    Arbejdet adler

    01914HD

    Arbejdet adler
  • 1912
    When Bacchus Reigns

    When Bacchus Reigns

    When Bacchus Reigns

    01912HD

    When Lucca meets Lt Victor quite by chance, he sweeps her off her feet in a whirlwind romance and the couple are quickly engaged. Unfortunately, the...

    When Bacchus Reigns
  • 1911
    The Right of Youth

    The Right of Youth

    The Right of Youth

    6.61911HD

    Court huntsman, Søtoft, is courting his daughter Else’s lady-in-waiting, Miss Engelke. That’s why it’s a bit of a punch in...

    The Right of Youth