Casper Tybjerg, Associate Professor of Film Studies at the University of Copenhagen, selects five films that reflect the advancement of narrative cinematic drama. Whether they offer visual and emotional spectacle or crusading social messages, his picks demonstrate the international refinement of the cinematic medium.

A scholar of Danish and international silent film, Casper is the co-editor of the anthology Danish and German Silent Cinema: Towards a Common Film Culture. He was awarded the Dr. Phil. (Habilitation) degree for his forthcoming book, The Historiography of Filmmaking – through the Lens of Carl Th. Dreyer.

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Films mentioned:

• The Lonedale Operator (1911) - D.W. Griffith
• The Golden Wedding (1911) - Arturo Ambrosio and Luigi Maggi
• The Defect (1911) - Louis Feuillade
• The Hauler (1911) - Léonce Perret
• Temptations of a Great City (1911) - August Blom
• The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) - Carl Theodor Dreyer
• The Phantom Carriage (1921) - Victor Sjöström
• Häxan (1922) - Benjamin Christensen
• Mikaël (1924) - Carl Theodor Dreyer
• The Life of a Butterfly (1911) - Roberto Omegna
• Il tamburino sardo (1911) - Umberto Paradisi
• L’Odissea (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe De Liguoro
• The Fall of Troy (1911) - Giovanni Pastrone and Luigi Romano Borgnetto
• L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe De Liguoro
• The Vipers (1911) - Louis Feuillade
• L’Atalante (1934) - Jean Vigo
• La belle Nivernaise (1924) - Jean Epstein
• The Swallow and the Titmouse (1920) - André Antoine
• The Ballet Dancer (1911) - August Blom
• Les misérables (1912) - Albert Capellani
• The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad