David Copperfield
About David Copperfield
Nordisk Film's Danish version of Dickens's novel. Gorm Schmidt plays David as a man and Martin Herzberg plays him as a boy. Margarete Schlegel is the mother, Robert Schmidt is Murdstone, Frederik Jensen is Micawber, Karina Bell is Dora Spenlow, Marie Dinesen is Aunt Betsey, and Rasmus Christiansen is Uriah Heep. Wikipedia does not set out this cut's scenes and points readers to the novel.
Cast & crew
More about David Copperfield
A. W. Sandberg directed. Laurids Skands wrote the script. Christen Jørgensen and Louis Larsen photographed it. Carlo Jacobsen designed the sets. Nordisk released it on December 5, 1922, and UFA handled Germany. Wikipedia times it at 140 minutes. Wikidata says 117 minutes. Other billed players include Karen Winther and Else Nielsen as Agnes, Karen Caspersen as Peggotty, Peter Malberg as Mr. Dick, Ellen Rovsing as Miss Murdstone, and Poul Reumert as Wickfield. Danish intertitles.
Themes
Making
Sandberg and Nordisk built an English story in Denmark, with German distribution through UFA.
Audiences
It did well in Scandinavia and did not do well in Britain or America.
Look
Christen Jørgensen and Louis Larsen shot the Danish production of the English novel.
Notes
- The film was meant to put Danish cinema back in front of English-speaking audiences.
- Anne-Marie Wiehe plays Mrs. Micawber. Charles Wilken plays Mr. Chillip.
- Wikidata's 117-minute timing does not match the 140 minutes on the English Wikipedia.
Influenced by
- Charles Dickens's David Copperfield
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (David Copperfield (1922).webm)
