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Axel Graatkjær is a Actor, Director of Photography, Production Design and Cinematography Danois born on 19 january 1885 at Aarhus (Danemark)

Axel Graatkjær

Axel Graatkjær
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Nationality Danemark
Birth 19 january 1885 at Aarhus (Danemark)
Death 2 november 1969 (at 84 years) at Aarhus (Danemark)

Axel Graatkjær (1885–1969) was a Danish cinematographer noted for his work on silent films during the Golden Age of Danish cinema. Graatkjær was the favorite cinematographer of film director August Blom as well as silent film star Asta Nielsen and her husband, director Urban Gad. He filmed more than 100 films during his career from 1906 to 1930.

Usually with

Viggo Larsen
Viggo Larsen
(2 films)
Asta Nielsen
Asta Nielsen
(3 films)
Richard Oswald
Richard Oswald
(2 films)
Willi Wolff
Willi Wolff
(2 films)
Ole Olsen
Ole Olsen
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Axel Graatkjær (20 films)

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Actor

Lion Hunting
Lion Hunting (1908)
, 10minutes
Directed by Viggo Larsen
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Viggo Larsen, Axel Graatkjær
Rating44% 2.202612.202612.202612.202612.20261
Two big game hunters are on safari in the jungle with their African guide. They observe zebras, ostrich and a hippopotamus, and catch a small monkey for a pet. During the night they are awakened by a lion which kills a small goat and then the hunters' horse. The hunters shoot the lion as it stands by the water on a beach. They discover another lion and shoot it also. The lions are gutted and skinned. The happy hunters sit and smoke cigarettes afterward.

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I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity (1923)
, 1h42
Directed by Robert Wiene
Origin German
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Henny Porten, Grigori Chmara, Asta Nielsen, Werner Krauss, Alexander Granach, Robert Taube
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.0765053.0765053.0765053.0765053.076505
Un anarchiste emprisonné pour une tentative d'assassinat se voit raconter le récit de la Passion par l'aumônier de la prison, qui cherche à le convaincre qu'il vaut mieux se sacrifier que de prendre la vie de son ennemi. Ce cadre, tiré du roman, aurait eu pour fonction de donner un sens anti-bolchévique au récit biblique et aurait été ajouté à l'insu des acteurs principaux.
Phantom
Phantom (1922)
, 2h25
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Alfred Abel, Lil Dagover, Lya De Putti, Anton Edthofer, Aud Egede-Nissen, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.347183.347183.347183.347183.34718
The film is told in an extended flashback. Lorenz Lubota (Alfred Abel), is a clerk in a minor government office, an aspiring poet, and a member of a family headed by a worrisome mother who has a tense relationship with a daughter, Melanie, whom the mother believes works as a prostitute. One day, while Lorenz is walking to work, a woman (Lya De Putti) driving two white horses hits him in the road, knocking him to the ground. Physically, he is unharmed, but from that point forward, the woman in the carriage (named Veronika) consumes his every thought.
Algol: Tragedy of Power
Algol: Tragedy of Power (1920)
, 1h39
Origin German
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Emil Jannings, John Gottowt, Käthe Haack, Hanna Ralph, Ernst Hofmann, Gertrude Welcker
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.1446153.1446153.1446153.1446153.144615
The story follows the life of Robert Herne, who works in a coal mine, and his friendship with Maria Obal. While working in the mine, he encounters an inhabitant of the planet Algol who gives him a prototype machine which can provide a virtually unlimited source of power. Over the next year Herne sets up a factory providing energy; however, instead of simply relieving workers of the difficult job of mining, the device creates massive economic upheaval throughout the world.
The Tunnel
The Tunnel (1915)
, 1h37
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Actors Friedrich Kayßler, Felix Basch
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60% 3.0031253.0031253.0031253.0031253.003125