While there's nothing remarkable about the subject matter of this film, what was astounding was the quality of the print I watched on the Europa Film Treasures site. It was crystal clear, even when expanded to fullscreen, so that I could practically count the whiskers on the chins of all those cigar-puffing fat cats as they paraded around and self-importantly puffed away on their cigars. The film was shot by Peter Elfelt, the Royal Court photographer - and virtually Denmark's sole filmmaker during cinema's early years. His camera follows Icelandic members of the Althing (Iceland's unicameral parliament) as they are treated to a ceremonial reception by the Danish Crown.
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Overly Long Danish Film
Michael_Elliott7 November 2010
Islands Altings besög i Köbenhavn (1906)
Long winded film runs just over six-minutes but we're pretty much shown Iceland's Parliament as they board a ship and are given a reception by the Danish crown. Once again there's no real story to talk about here but I'm sure history buffs will like seeing actual faces to I'm sure some people they might have read about in history books. I'm really not overly familiar with any of this stuff so that's perhaps why I found the film to be rather slow going. As usual, I always get a kick out of seeing people from this era and it comes as no shock that these "important" people are all puffing away on their expensive cigars and walking around as if they own the world. Seeing the outfits they were wearing at the time was one of the small enjoyments of this Danish film.
Long winded film runs just over six-minutes but we're pretty much shown Iceland's Parliament as they board a ship and are given a reception by the Danish crown. Once again there's no real story to talk about here but I'm sure history buffs will like seeing actual faces to I'm sure some people they might have read about in history books. I'm really not overly familiar with any of this stuff so that's perhaps why I found the film to be rather slow going. As usual, I always get a kick out of seeing people from this era and it comes as no shock that these "important" people are all puffing away on their expensive cigars and walking around as if they own the world. Seeing the outfits they were wearing at the time was one of the small enjoyments of this Danish film.
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