Underplayed Gems

Swedish Dances (1908)

Swedish Dances poster
Original title
Danses Suédoises
Genre
silent film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
6 min
Rated
Btl
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This silent film from 1908 shows men and women in traditional Swedish costumes dancing folk dances to a fiddle player. Only a portion of the film survives today.

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What happens

Svenska nationaldanser är en svensk stumfilm från 1908. Filmen visar hembygdsklädda damer och herrar som dansar olika folkdanser ackompanjerade av en man med fiol, däribland "Vingåkersdansen" och "Oxdansen". Filmen premiärvisades den 4 mars 1908 på biograf Nya London i Stockholm och kom därefter att visas ofta på biograferna under resten av året. Den del av filmen som innehåller "Vingåkersdansen" finns bevarad i Sveriges Televisions arkiv, medan resterande delar har gått förlorade. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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