Nordisk Film A/S is a Danish entertainment company and a subsidiary of Egmont Group. The multimedia entertainment company is also involved in television production, cinemas, computer games and advertising.
Denmark has been producing films since 1897 and since the 1980s has maintained a steady stream of product due largely to funding by the state-supported Danish Film Institute. Historically, Danish films have been noted for their realism, religious and moral themes, sexual frankness and technical innovation.
Prostitution is illegal in Russia. The punishment for engagement in prostitution is a fine from 1500 up to 2000 rubles. Moreover, organizing prostitution is punishable by a prison term. Prostitution remains a very serious social issue in Russia.
August Blom was a Danish film director, producer, and pioneer of silent films during the "golden age" of Danish filmmaking from 1910 to 1914.
Løvejagten was a controversial 1907 silent film by Danish producer Ole Olsen and director Viggo Larsen. The short ten-minute movie caused an enormous public protest in Denmark because it depicted the actual shooting of two captive lions.
A Victim of the Mormons is a 1911 Danish silent drama film directed by August Blom. The film was controversial for demonizing the Mormon religion, and its box-office success is cited for initiating a decade of anti-Mormon propaganda films in America. It tells the story of an attractive young woman who is seduced and kidnapped by a Mormon missionary, then forced to accompany him to Utah to become one of his wives. The film became a hit, partly due to the popularity of its star, Valdemar Psilander, and partly due to the publicity arising from objections by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its failed campaign to ban the film.
Axel Graatkjær (1885–1969) was a Danish cinematographer who worked on silent films during the Golden Age of Danish cinema. Graatkjær was the favorite cinematographer of film director August Blom as well as silent film star Asta Nielsen and her husband, director Urban Gad. He filmed more than 100 films during his career from 1906 to 1930.
Svend Bille was a Danish stage and film actor.
Den farlige alder is a 1911 Danish silent film directed by August Blom which was released internationally as The Price of Beauty. It was produced under the Nordisk Films banner.
Karl Georg Harald Schenstrøm was a Danish stage and film actor of the silent era in Denmark. He worked under directors such as August Blom and Lau Lauritzen Sr.
Peter Oscar Stribolt was a Danish stage and film actor of the silent era in Denmark. He worked prolifically under director Lau Lauritzen Sr.
Slaves in Bondage is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Lona Andre, Donald Reed, and Wheeler Oakman.
Johan Valdemar Ankerstjerne was a Danish cinematographer who for many years was head of cinematography at Nordisk Film. He was reportedly the best cameraman in Denmark in the 1910s, making many films for August Blom from 1911 until 1916 and then for Benjamin Christensen. He created the unique "images of Haxan". In 1932 he founded Denmark's first film laboratory, Johan Ankerstjerne A/S which, after merging with Nordisk Film Teknik, became the largest production facility in the country.
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade is an Italian sexploitation film from 1978 directed by Joe D'Amato as his last Black Emanuelle film. It was also known as Emanuelle and the Girls of Madame Claude.
The Strandgade 24 is a listed Neoclassical townhouse located on Strandgade in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Svenska Federationen, was the Swedish equivalent of the British Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts. It was established in 1878 with the purpose to repeal the so-called reglementation system, which required prostitute women to registration and regular medical examination to prevent sexually transmitted infections. It also opposed the sexual double standard, which regarded men as naturally unable to sexual self-control and viewed prostitutes as the sole problem. The Svenska Federationen was dissolved after the reglementation system was abolished in 1918. Between 1878 and 1905, it published its own paper, Sedlighetsvännen.
Gudrun Houlberg was a Danish actress who appeared in over 40 films from 1910 to 1934. She is remembered in particular for her roles in Klovnen (1917) and Grevindens ære (1919).
Kronprinsessegade 40 is a listed property located at the corner of Kronprinsessegade and Dronningens Tværgade in central Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kronprinsessegade 42 is a Neoclassical property overlooking Rosenborg Castle Garden in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945. Notable former residents include businessman Hans Puggaard, military officer and carteographer Jacob H. Mansa (1797-1885), military officer H. C. G. F. Hedemann (1792-1859), editor and politician Hother Hage (1816-1873) and clergy and politician Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811-1887). Sacred Heart Of Jesus Chapel, a Catholic chapel operated by Jesuits, was located in the building from 1878 to 1883.
Department Q is a series of ten Danish Nordic noir crime novels by author Jussi Adler-Olsen which have been adapted in an ongoing series of highly successful Danish films and a forthcoming English language TV adaptation for Netflix which changes the setting from Denmark to Scotland.
