Ib Dam

We meet the young violinist Erik Smith in the lap of his family with his wife Lise and his little daughter Lone. Erik is a young, aspiring musician who dreams of one day making a career as an interpreter of the great masters of music. At a concert where a well-known solo violinist has to interrupt, Erik Smith suddenly jumps in and gets his big breakthrough.

A Danish documentary on World War II told from the perspective of the resistance movement. Incorporating footage shot by filmmakers working alongside freedom fighters, it offers a vivid first-hand account of the perils of clandestine resistance activities. At the same time, the film delivers a sharp critique of the Danish government’s wartime policy of cooperation with the occupying German forces.

The first of a series of films which will show the work and results of the Pearyland Expedition to the North of Greenland, begun 1947.

The film gives a strong view of the everyday life of Icelanders when the film is shot, but that year was a record year for the export of herring products and herring fishing and herring salting therefore cover a large part of the film.