Driving with Greenland Dogs
| Kørsel med Grønlandske Hunde | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Peter Elfelt |
| Starring | Johan Carl Joensen |
| Cinematography | Peter Elfelt |
Release date | 1897 |
Running time | <1 min |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Silent Film |
Kørsel med Grønlandske hunde, (English: Traveling with Greenlandic Dogs), is a Danish silent film made in 1897 by the photographer Peter Elfelt. It was the first movie sequence filmed in Denmark.[1] 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 had constructed from detailed plans that Elfelt obtained from the French inventor, Jules Carpentier.[2]
References
- ^ Tyberg, Casper 100 Års Dansk Film, Rosinante, (2001), 445pg, p17, ISBN 87-621-0157-9
- ^ "Peter Elfelt - Danmark Nationalfilmografi". Archived from the original on 2007-09-06. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
External links
- Kørsel med Grønlandske Hunde at IMDb
- Watch Kørsel med Grønlandske Hunde[permanent dead link] at Det Danske Filminstitut
- Watch Kørsel med Grønlandske Hunde on YouTube
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