Once Upon a Time (1907)

Original title

Der var engang

Directed by

Gustav Lund, Viggo Larsen

Genre

short film, silent film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

11 min

Rating

2.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a short silent film from 1907. It is the first film adaptation of a stage play. The plot involves a story from a classic Danish play.

nostalgicwhimsicalbriefold-fashionedhistoricalsimple

What happens

Der var engang je dánský němý film z roku 1907. Režiséry jsou Viggo Larsen (1880–1957) a Gustav Lund (1853–1948). Film trvá zhruba 11 minut. Jedná se o první filmovou adaptaci divadelní hry Der var engang (1885) od Holgera Drachmanna (1846–1908). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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