List of Danish films of the 1920s

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The following table is a list of films produced in Denmark or in the Danish language in the 1920s. For an alphabetical list of all Danish films currently on Wikipedia see Category:Danish films. For Danish films from other decades see the Cinema of Denmark box below.

Danish TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)CastGenreNotes
1920
Prästänkan The Parson's Widow Carl Theodor Dreyer Einar Rød, Hildur Carlberg, Greta Almroth Comedy
1921
Blade af Satans bog Leaves from Satan's Book Carl Theodor Dreyer Helge Nissen Drama
Saga Borgarættarinnar Sons of the Soil Gunnar Sommerfeldt Stefanía Guðmundsdóttir, Guðmundur Thorsteinsson Drama First full-length film shot in Iceland
1922
Heksen
Häxan (in Swedish)
Witchcraft Through The Ages Benjamin Christensen Benjamin Christensen
Clara Pontoppidan, Oscar Stribolt
Astrid Holm, Maren Pedersen
Documentary Horror
Die Gezeichneten The Branded Carl Theodor Dreyer
Præsten i Vejlby The Vicar of Vejlby August Blom Viggo Wiehe, Gunnar Tolnæs,
Ingeborg Spangsfeldt
Crime Mystery First adaptation of Steen Steensen Blicher's Novel
1924
Mikael Chained: The Story of the Third Sex Carl Theodor Dreyer Benjamin Christensen, Walter Slezak Drama Landmark of gay cinema
1925
Du skal ære din hustru Master of the House Carl Theodor Dreyer Johannes Meyer, Karin Nellemose Comedy
Glomsdalsbruden The Bride of Glomdal Carl Theodor Dreyer Einar Sissener, Tove Tellback
Stub Wiberg
Drama Produced in Norway
1926
Klovnen The Clown A.W. Sandberg Gösta Ekman, Karina Bell, Maurice de Féraudy Drama
1928
Jokeren The Joker Georg Jacoby Henry Edwards, Elga Brinck Drama
The Passion of Joan of Arc Carl Theodor Dreyer Renée Jeanne Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz Drama Produced in France
1929
Højt paa en kvist Lau Lauritzen, Sr. Carl Schenstrøm, Harald Madsen Comedy

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