The Great Dock Disaster (1913)

Original title

Katastrofen i Dokken

Directed by

Vilhelm Glückstadt

Genre

silent film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

23 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

A silent Danish drama from 1913 that shows two disaster scenes: a flooding of a floating dock and a house fire. The film was shot on location in Copenhagen and centered on these catastrophic events.

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What happens

Katastrofen i Dokken er en dansk stum dramafilm fra 1913 produceret af Filmfabrikken Danmark og instrueret af Vilhelm Glückstadt. Filmens er bl.a. indspillet i Københavns Flydedok, hvis oversvømmelse udgør filmens ene katastrofescene. Den anden katastrofescene består af et hus, der brænder ned. Filmen havde dansk premiere den 24. november 1913 i Victoria-Teatret og blev vist i flere lande i udlandet. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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