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.
Everyman
September 9, 1915
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Peter S. Andersen
The Evil Spirit
Gudrun Houlberg
Sylvia
Lilly Jansen
The Good Angel
Charles Løwaas
N/A
Peter Malberg
Kurt
Valdemar Møller
Vicar
Jonna Neiiendam
Enhver's Mother
Rasmus Ottesen
Enhver
Else Schiwe
Martha
Alfred Sjøholm
Actor
Vilhelm Glückstadt
Director
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Theatre Play
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Story
Viggo Larsen
Production Design
Ludwig Lippert
Director of Photography