In 1911 the German poet Hugo von Hofmansthal wrote a new version of the medieval morality play Everyman, and this was staged in Danish translation at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen in 1915. At the time, it was radical example of symbolist abstraction. Its success inspired a film version, Enhver [Everyman], directed by Vilhelm Glückstadt for Filmfabrikken Danmark. The film, however, was set in a modern-day environment. It depict the moral choice confronting its protagonist at struggle because two attendant spirits, one good and one bad. The protagonist is tempted by dark figure of evil and succumbs, rejecting God and leading a life of iniquity, but he is then haunted by guilty visions until he finally dies, asking God for forgiveness at the last moment.
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Peter S. Andersen
The Evil Spirit
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Gudrun Houlberg
Sylvia
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Lilly Jansen
The Good Angel
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Charles Løwaas
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Peter Malberg
Kurt
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Jonna Neiiendam
Enhver's Mother
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Enhver
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For freedom and justice
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Martha
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Alfred Sjøholm
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Vilhelm Glückstadt Director · Hugo von Hofmannsthal Story Ludwig Lippert Cinematographer
First release September 9, 1915 · Original title Enhver
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Original title
Enhver
Original language
Danish
Release dates
Denmark · September 9, 1915
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