Elves' Hill

The film is the second 1910 film adaptation of Heiberg’s classic about foundling children, superstitions and star-crossed lovers. Near Elves’ Hill (Elverhøjen) lives Karen, a superstitious farmer’s wife, with her daughter Agnete. Agnete and the noble Sir Ebbesen are very much in love, but to their great sorrow Ebbesen is betrothed to the noble-born Elisabeth Munk. But not everything is as it seems. For Karen is not Agnete’s real mother: she found the baby girl on Elves’ Hill the very same night that the infant Elisabeth Munk, goddaughter of King Christian IV, disappeared from her parents’ home. When King Christian arrives in the area where his goddaughter’s wedding is to take place, he becomes something of a detective and sets out to untangle the entire mystery. (stumfilm.dk)

• Release date
• October 10, 1910
• Runtime
• 17 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Gunnar Helsengreen

Cast

Philip Bech Kong Christian d. 4.

M

Martha Helsengreen Karen, en gammel bondekone

J

Jenny Roelsgaard Agnete Peter Malberg Albert Ebbesen Aage Fønss Paul Flemming Marie Niedermann Elisabeth Munk

A

Aage Bjørnbak Elverkongen

A

Alfred Cohn Bjørn, hushovmester