Driving with Greenland Dogs (Danish: Kørsel med grønlandske hunde),[1] is a Danish silent film made in 1897 by the photographer Peter Elfelt. It was the first movie sequence filmed in Denmark.[2] The film, less than one minute in length (10 meters of 35mm film), shows a Danish colony manager named Johan Carl Joensen driving a sledge pulled by Greenlandic sled dogs through Fælledparken in Copenhagen, Denmark. In the short sequence, the dog sled is driven toward the camera across a flat snow-covered landscape, it disappears out of the picture, and then reappears from the other side with the driver chasing behind. Elfelt shot the film using a camera he had constructed from detailed plans that Elfelt obtained from the French inventor, Jules Carpentier.[3]
| Driving with Greenland Dogs | |
|---|---|
| Kørsel med grønlandske hunde | |
| Directed by | Peter Elfelt |
| Starring | Johan Carl Joensen |
| Cinematography | Peter Elfelt |
Release date |
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Running time | <1 minutes |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Silent Film |
References
edit- ^ Sundholm, J.; Thorsen, I.; Andersson, L.G.; Hedling, O.; Iversen, G.; Møller, B.T. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Scarecrow Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-8108-7899-0. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Tyberg, Casper 100 Års Dansk Film, Rosinante, (2001), 445pg, p17, ISBN 87-621-0157-9
- ^ "Peter Elfelt – Danmark Nationalfilmografi". Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
External links
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- Driving with Greenland Dogs at IMDb
- Driving with Greenland Dogs in the Danish Film Database
- Watch on Stumfilm.dk
- Watch Kørsel med Grønlandske Hunde on YouTube
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