Movies: Robert Storm Petersen

It is love at first sight when Armand Duval meets the courtisan Marguerite. They move in together and live happily until Armands father secretly pays Marguerite a visit to tell her that her questionable reputation has put Armand's entire family in di...

Two lively and famous Petersens, namely Robert Storm and Hans W., play prominent roles in this little comedy about a morally vigilant pharmacist, his somewhat more cheerful son, his crush on the pharmacy’s new cashier, Miss Hansen, and the equally en...

The Princess of Illyria rejects all suitors, but suddenly begins to take an interest in a wandering pauper roaming the vicinity of the royal castle. It is none other than the Prince of Denmark and his friend, Kasper Røghat. By means of a magic toy, r...

The scene is set on a castle in the mid-18th century. The princess loves a young man from the court, but the king wants her married to an older, wealthier suitor. Hoping for a miracle to happen, the princess refuses his marriage proposal. (Stumfilm.d...

Viggo Larsen’s adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tale about the soldier who gets hold of a magic tinderbox capable of calling forth three dogs with big eyes that can fulfill all his wishes. When the soldier has one of the dogs tran...

A courtly drama of a bridegroom arrested for being intimate with the queen. To secure his release, his future bride sleeps with his rival. The film is incomplete. Missing is the ending, where the bride obtains a forged letter of passage and murders t...

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Danish adaptation of Trilby. Presumed lost, though a single still apparently depicting the novel's climax survives....

Jim, a robber, is in love with the chief’s bride Clara, who firmly rejects his many advances. In revenge, he snitches on the entire gang of robbers to the police, who immediately imprison the chief and his men. Clara kills the treacherous Jim and set...

A short documentary looking at the career of acclaimed Danish humorist, artist and cartoonist Robert Storm Petersen - “Storm P”....

We are in a big city in a country that differs from our own in many ways, among other things in that the people there are so noble and good that the police have no business at all. There are no criminals. The prisons are empty. The poor young man Fel...

Foryngelseskuren is a 1920 silent animation film directed by Robert Storm Petersen....

The first sound film from Denmark! Charles Wilken reads a poem by Holger Drachmann. Ayoe Willumsen sings "Gylden Sol" and Albert Luther sings the song about Stella. Jacob Texière reads H.C. Andersen's "Thepotten". Robert Storm-Petersen & Christian Ar...

In this small film, prominent Danish artist, actor and cartoonist Storm P advertises CLOC Liqueur. An animated sequence also shows a man drinking coffee; he only starts smiling when the black gold is followed by a generous drop of liquor. (stumfilm.d...

Storm P. is seen putting the finishing touches on a painting of his iconic ‘Three Little Men’ characters. The men come alive and exit through a door on the left side of the painting. (Stumfilm.dk)...

Two small films advertising the Copenhagen-based department store Magasin du Nord. The first presents a fashion show comprising what are presumably dresses from the store’s Model Salon. The second is a short film featuring Peter and Ping, two well-kn...

A short, fragmentary film comprising a brief animation sequence and live-action footage of Storm P in the Zoo. If one were to piece together a synopsis, it seems as if Storm P is given the task – by secret order – to draw the penguins in the Zoo. Usi...

A strangely surreal short animated film by the beloved multi-talented artist Storm P. The film begins with live-action footage of Storm P. standing in front of a canvas where his familiar characters, the Three Little Men, come to life and walk out of...

In this short film, Storm P.’s popular comic strip characters Peter and Ping advertise CLOC Liqueur. The friends are out fishing when Peter reels in a large bottle of CLOC from the sea. Peter and Ping originally appeared as a comic strip in the dail...

A tramp steals a duck, stuffs it under his shirt – so only its wings are sticking out – and lets himself be flown around, over the fields and forests. He lands at the home of an artist whose paintings come to life. (stumfilm.dk)...