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Film

Pride comes before a Fall

Søren Nielsen, Denmark, 1911

21 min.DK/Short fictionDramaSilent films

Joy abounds in the little workers’ home when the three daughters of the family all come home wearing an engagement ring. When the sons-in-law come to visit, one in particular stands out. The merchant Black is wealthy and wears fine clothes, but the labourer family is quite unimpressed by that. They tease him for his airs and graces, eventually prompting him to take his fiancée by the hand and hurry out of the – in his eyes – wretched home. As time goes on, however, it turns out that pride comes before a fall.
Basic information Credits Materials
Original title Hovmod staar for Fald
Danish title Hovmod staar for Fald
International titles Högmod går före fall
Director Søren Nielsen
Appearance Jørgen Lund, Martha Olsen, Bertha Lindgreen, Vera Brechling
Production country Denmark
Technical info 35 mm, 1,33:1, Black/white, Silent
Danish theatrical release 14.12.1911
Cinemas Victoria-Teatret
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Companies

Production company Filmfabrikken Skandinavien

Direction

Direction Søren Nielsen

Appearance

Frandsen, værkformand Jørgen Lund
Annette, Frandsens datter Martha Olsen
Marie, Frandsens datter Bertha Lindgreen
Antoinette, Frandsens datter Vera Brechling
Madam Frandsen Olga Svendsen
Nicolajsen, arbejder Ludvig Nathansen
Jespersen, arbejder Louis Paludan
Grosserer Black Erik Winther
En værtinde Emma Christiansen
Frk. Viola, en letsindig dame Ingeborg Wennerwald
Frk. Annette Alma Lagoni
Frantz, tjener hos Blacks Aage Brandt

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