Løvejagten (1907)

Directed by

Viggo Larsen

Genre

short film, silent film, adventure film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

11 min

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Danish silent short film from 1907 shows a lion hunt in which two captive lions are actually shot and killed. This caused public outrage in Denmark at the time.

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What happens

Løvejagten (Danish for "the lion hunt", English title: The Lion Hunt) 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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