Orfeus og Eurydike (1906)

Peter Elfelt: Orfeus og Eurydike (DK 1906). "Danza degli spiriti beati" performed by Valborg Guldbrandsen, Ellen Price, Elisabeth Beck, and Anna Marie Agerholm. Photo: EFG European Film Gateway. 

[Orfeo ed Euridice / Orpheus and Eurydice] (DK 1906) regia/dir: Peter Elfelt. cast: Valborg Guldbrandsen, Ellen Price, Elisabeth Beck, Anna Marie Aggerholm. copia/copy: 4K DCP, 2'30" (da/from 35 mm, 16 fps); senza did./no titles. fonte/source: Det Danske Filminstitut, København.

    Grand piano: Meg Morley.

    Teatro Verdi, Pordenone, Le Giornate del Cinema Muto (GCM): Early Cinema: Dance Films, 14 Oct 2023.

Thomas C. Christensen (GCM 2023): " A dance from the 1762 Italian opera Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787); choreography by Hans Beck, 1896. Performed by Valborg Guldbrandsen (later Borchsenius), Ellen Price, Elisabeth Beck (1865-1946), and Anna Marie Agerholm (1875-1929). "

AA: A bewitching dance number. Meg Morley played the "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" on the grand piano. Peter Elfelt's film is a straight record of four ballerinas performing to the choreography by Hans Beck.