A.W. SANDBERG: THE GOLDEN CLOWN (KLOVNEN) / THE HILL PARK MYSTERY (NEDBRUDTE NERVER)

A.W. Sandberg was the leading director at the Nordisk Films Kompagni from 1916 until 1926. He broke with the company due to their lack of support of his financial dispositions in connection with the production of THE GOLDEN CLOWN (KLOVNEN). He finished the film with his own funds. THE GOLDEN CLOWN is one of the best international quality films in Danish silent cinema. It develops the love triangle between the lovable clown, the circus princess, and the Parisian bon vivant. Like so many films of the silent era, it is a tale of the old rural world and the glamour and danger of the big city. THE GOLDEN CLOWN is a remake of Sandberg’s own highly successful film from 1917, which starred Valdemar Psilander. The version presented is a new digital restoration tinted in HD.

THE HILL PARK MYSTERY (NEDBRUDTE NERVER) is an entertaining detective story, where our hero, the tabloid journalist, tries to save the woman with whom he has fallen in love. It is a speedy comedy with many one-liners, very much in the style of Hollywood productions at the time. Look out for A.W. Sandberg’s cameo appearance as the film director. THE HILL PARK MYSTERY is a digital restoration from the original camera negative, tinted according to the markings in the negative itself.

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Format: DVD-PAL / Region 0
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THE GOLDEN CLOWN (KLOVNEN)
(Denmark, 1926)

Director: A.W. Sandberg
Screenplay: Poul Knudsen & A.W. Sandberg
Cinematography: Chresten Jørgensen & Einar Olsen
Production Company: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Cast: Gösta Ekman, Karina Bell, Maurice de Féraudy, Kate Fabian, Robert Schmidt & Erik Bertner

• 128 minutes
• B&W, Tinted

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THE HILL PARK MYSTERY (NEDBRUDTE NERVER)
(Denmark, 1923)

Director: A.W. Sandberg
Screenplay: Laurids Skands
Cinematography: Einar Olsen & Louis Larsen
Production Company: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Cast: Gorm Schmidt, Olga d'Org, Egil Rostrup, Peter Nielsen, Frantz Stybe & A.W. Sandberg

• 75 minutes
• B&W, Tinted

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Total Running Time: 03:23:00

Language: Danish & English intertitles

Musical Score: Ronen Thalmay

Published By: Danish Film Institute

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