Professor Georg Brandes paa Universitetets Katheder
About Professor Georg Brandes paa Universitetets Katheder
Georg Brandes lectures at the University of Copenhagen. The students stand before he begins and stand again when he finishes.
More about Professor Georg Brandes paa Universitetets Katheder
Politiken-Fonden produced the one-minute non-fiction shot in 1912. Georg Brandes and Anker Kirkeby are the people on the credits. The Danish Film Institute files it as NM film no. 54 in Det første filmarkiv. The image is 35mm, silent, at 1.33:1.
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Background
Brandes was the critic who had argued for the modern breakthrough in Scandinavian letters. This minute shows him still teaching in 1912.
Making
The foundation of the Copenhagen daily paid for a one-minute record of Brandes at the lectern, not a staged story.
Look
A 35mm silent camera holds Brandes at the lectern while the students rise at the start and at the end.
Preservation
The Danish Film Institute holds it as NM film no. 54 in Det første filmarkiv. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The Danish Film Institute titles it Professor Georg Brandes at the University in English, and also Georg Brandes paa Universitetet.
- Brandes, born in 1842, had held the Copenhagen professorship since 1902.
- Anker Kirkeby is the other name on the appearance list.
- The producing body is the Politiken foundation. Brandes's brother Edward had been editor and chairman of Politiken.
- The institute's Danish note is specific about the students rising before the lecture and after it.
Scenes
- The students stand as Brandes takes the lectern, and stand again when the lecture ends.
Also available
- Danish Film Institute
- Wikimedia Commons (Professor Georg Brandes Paa Universitetets Katheder.webm)