From Darkness Towards Light

Spanning three generations, the film depicts life in Copenhagen from the perspective of the working class. The film portrays the development of the city, the new opportunities arising and the improved living conditions created as the welfare state expands. ‘From darkness towards light’ is Denmark’s first-ever Social Democratic propaganda film, and it was part of the election campaign leading up to the local elections in 1929. (stumfilm.dk)

Directed by H.F. Rimmen

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Cast

Knud Rassow

Lars Hansen, farveriarbejder

Marie Dinesen

Karen Hansen, Lars' kone

Edith Norup

Eva, Hansens datter

Hjalmar Bendtsen

Fabrikant Gorm

Frida Budtz Müller

Fru Gorm

Carl Hillebrandt

Kaj Gorm

Poul Rohde

Max Gorm

Kiss Bendtsen

Olga Gorm

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