Direction: Holger-Madsen

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Holger-Madsen. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


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Towards the Light

1919 · Movie · 55 min. · Denmark

Direction Holger-Madsen

Cast Asta Nielsen · Augusta Blad · Frederik Jacobsen · Carl Schenstrøm

Synopsis Spoiled Ysabel marries a man of respectability but he later turns out to a criminal. Consequently, her mother breaks down, and on her deathbed, Ysabel wows to become an evangelist.

5.6

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5.6

22 votes

Lay Down Your Arms (Down with Weapons)

1914 · Movie · 73 min. · Denmark

Direction Holger-Madsen

Cast Philip Bech · Oluf Billesborg · Augusta Blad · Alf Blutecher

Synopsis An upperclass war widow marries again. The new husband is also an officer, and soon he has to go to the next war. At the outbreak, she's the only one who does not cheer about it. And the terrors of...

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A Deal with the Devil (S)

1914 · Movie · 19 min. · Denmark

Direction Holger-Madsen

Cast Olaf Fønss · Ebba Thomsen · Alf Blutecher · Ingeborg Bruhn Bertelsen

Synopsis In the hope of becoming rich and famous, Walter Fabre, a medical student, devotes all his time to study and refuses the invitation of his fellow-students to join them in merry-making. Walter falls asleep and dreams that Mephistopheles appears and...

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Pax æterna

1917 · Movie · 87 min. · Denmark

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The Gambler's Wife

1913 · Movie · 55 min. · Denmark

Direction Holger-Madsen

Cast Alf Blutecher · Rita Sacchetto · Cajus Bruun · Augusta Blad

Synopsis When the actress Asta Leonhard and two friends visit the princess Spinarosa to persuade her to sponsor a charity event for a sick artist, the prince himself opens his eyes to the beautiful Asta. He does not know that she...

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Ballettens Datter

1913 · Movie · 55 min. · Denmark

Direction Holger-Madsen

Cast Svend Aggerholm · Ingeborg Bruhn Bertelsen · Oluf Billesborg · Waldemar Hansen

Synopsis Director Holger-Madsen’s superb eye for evocative compositions provides the ideal framework for influential dancer Rita Sacchetto, starring as a charismatic ballerina torn between love and her art.

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The Awakening

1913 · Movie · 43 min. · Denmark

Direction Holger-Madsen

Cast Augusta Blad · Olaf Fønss · Frederik Jacobsen · Svend Kornbech

Synopsis The young artist Simon Durand happens to find himself in an idyllic village. Here he finds board and lodging with Marietta, who lives alone with her sick mother, and soon Durand has won the heart of his young hostess. Their...

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Sjæletyven

1916 · Movie · 42 min. · Denmark

Direction Holger-Madsen

Cast Philip Bech · Johanne Fritz-Petersen · Doris Langkilde · Franz Skondrup

Synopsis A detective is hired to watch over the fortune of a rich lady because there have been a lot of thefts in the area lately. A hypnotizing villain is at large!

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The Man Without a Future

1916 · Movie · 49 min. · Denmark

Direction Holger-Madsen

Cast Valdemar Psilander · Oscar Stribolt · Clara Pontoppidan · Philip Bech

Synopsis While holidaying, the beautiful heiress Grace meets the love of her life. Percy Fancourt is a cowboy and hardly a suitable match for a millionaire's daughter - at least not if you ask her father. Reluctantly, she returns home.

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The Usurer's Son

1913 · Movie · 36 min. · Denmark

Direction Holger-Madsen

Cast Alma Hinding · Holger-Madsen · Frederik Jacobsen · Torben Meyer

Synopsis The usurer Sintram lives and breathes for money and, for this very reason; he disinherits his charitable son Floridan. Embittered, Sintram buries his fortune in the forest and hides a will in a beech tree, with his estate left to...

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