Klovnen (The Clown), extracts

Director

Sandberg, A. W. (Anders Wilhelm), 1887-1938

Date

• 1917

Publisher

Copenhagen: Nordisk Films Kompagni

Summary

• From a print preserved by the Danske Filminstitut, Copenhagen. From a print preserved by the Danske Filminstitut, Copenhagen. The first extract, the scene backstage in a variety theatre, is discussed in Ben Brewster and Lea Jacobs, Theatre to Cinema, pp. 139–41, the second, in Daisy and Joe's apartment, pp. 80-82. The whole film can be viewed via the European Film Gateway at http://www.europeanfilmgateway.eu/.
• Two black and white film clips. The first shows the backstage of a theater, with a dramatic scene in the green room. The second shows a conversation in a well-appointed sitting room.