Everyman (1915)
Synopsis
In 1911 the German poet Hugo von Hofmansthal wrote a new version of the medieval morality play Everyman, and this was staged in Danish translation at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen in 1915. At the time, it was radical example of symbolist abstraction. Its success inspired a film version, Enhver [Everyman], directed by Vilhelm Glückstadt for Filmfabrikken Danmark. The film, however, was set in a modern-day environment. It depict the moral choice confronting its protagonist at struggle because two attendant spirits, one good and one bad. The protagonist is tempted by dark figure of evil and succumbs, rejecting God and leading a life of iniquity, but he is then haunted by guilty visions until he finally dies, asking God for forgiveness at the last moment.
Release Date: 1915-09-09
Runtime: 56 minutes
Director: Vilhelm Glückstadt
Top Cast
- Peter S. Andersen as The Evil Spirit
- Gudrun Houlberg as Sylvia
- Lilly Jansen as The Good Angel
- Charles Løwaas as
- Peter Malberg as Kurt
- Valdemar Møller as Vicar
- Jonna Neiiendam as Enhver's Mother
- Rasmus Ottesen as Enhver
- Else Schiwe as Martha
- Alfred Sjøholm as Actor
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