Born 1866 in Elsinore, Danish photographer and film director Peter Elfelt was a known as the first movie pioneer in Denmark when he began making documentary films in 1897.
In 1903, Elfelt filmed his only drama. The short film, titled Henrettelsen (Capital Execution), was the first fiction film made in Denmark. Based upon the actual execution of a French woman who murdered her two children.
Elfelt also shot the first advertising film. There is a 1904 example which advertises bock beer for the Svendborg Brewery. He opened the “København Kinoptikon” movie theater in 1901.
Although Elfelt was Denmark’s first pioneer of filmmaking, he considered film as secondary to his work as a photographer. Elfelt died in 1931.
These amazing photos were taken by Peter Elfelt that show street scenes of Copenhagen from between the 1890s and early 1910s.
(Photo © Peter Elfelt)
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| Copenhagen taken by Peter Elfelt from between the 1890s and early 1910s |
In 1903, Elfelt filmed his only drama. The short film, titled Henrettelsen (Capital Execution), was the first fiction film made in Denmark. Based upon the actual execution of a French woman who murdered her two children.
Elfelt also shot the first advertising film. There is a 1904 example which advertises bock beer for the Svendborg Brewery. He opened the “København Kinoptikon” movie theater in 1901.
Although Elfelt was Denmark’s first pioneer of filmmaking, he considered film as secondary to his work as a photographer. Elfelt died in 1931.
These amazing photos were taken by Peter Elfelt that show street scenes of Copenhagen from between the 1890s and early 1910s.
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| Amager |
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| Amager, Dyveke's yard |
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| Amalienborg seen from the harbor |
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| At Fuglsang Lake, Dyrehaven |
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| At the beach |
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| Botanical Garden |
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| Church of Our Savior |
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| Copenhagen City Hall |
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| Copenhagen in snow |
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| Dyrehaven |
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| Dyrehavsbakken, Mester Jakel |
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| Dyrehavsbakken |
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| Dyrehavsbakken |
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| Fishermen's wives, Gammel Strand |
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| From Grønttorvet |
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| Fuglevad mill, Sorgenfri |
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| Gammel Strand |
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| Grand-Place, Grote Markt |
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| Grønningen |
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| Guard parade at Amalienborg square, Copenhagen |
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| Guard parade at the Marble Church |
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| Guard parade, Amalienborg, Copenhagen |
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| Guard parade, Amalienborg, Copenhagen |
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| H. C. Ørsteds Vej |
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| Kastellet church square |
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| Kastellet, the guard parade plays |
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| Kastellet |
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| Kiosk by Grønningen |
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| Langelinie |
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| Ørstedsparken |
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| Ørstedsparken |
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| Our Lady Church |
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| Peter Lieps Hus, Dyrehaven |
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| Rådhuspladsen - Town Square |
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| Skovshoved, Stejlebakken |
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| Skovshoved, Stejlebakken |
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| Skovshoved |
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| Sledding in Ulvedalene, Dyrehaven |
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| Sledding in Ulvedalene, Dyrehaven |
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| Sorgenfri Palace |
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| Sortedamssøen |
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| State Museum for Art |
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| Strandvejen by Emiliekilde |
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| The arrival of the King of Siam. The kings of chariots |
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| The castle grave with swans |
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| The Marble Church |
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| The royal family on the main staircase of Bernstorff Castle |
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| The Stork Fountain |
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| Vesterport |
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| Zoo, the walrus |
(Photo © Peter Elfelt)
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