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Gamle Rasmus med "de onde øjne" (1927)

Gamle Rasmus med "de onde øjne" poster
Country
Denmark
Runtime
1 min

How it feels

This is a 1927 Danish documentary film about an elderly man from the island of Drejø who was believed to have an evil eye and the power to cast spells. A museum curator made the recording as an early example of using film for cultural documentation.

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What happens

Gamle Rasmus med "de onde øjne" er en dansk dokumentarisk optagelse fra 1927. Gamle Rasmus fra Drejø, som menes at have "onde øjne" og kunne forgøre. Optagelsen er lavet af museumsinspektør Kai Uldall (1890-1988), som meget tidligt arbejdede med filmmediet som kulturhistorisk dokumentation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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