Even though
the French projectors had circulated through showing their films,
it wasn't until 1906 that the first Danish film-producing company,
Nordisk Films, was founded by Ole Olsen. He purchased an aged horse
and a rheumatic lion which the local zoo had decided to destroy. These
Olsen carried to one of the Danish islands and produced a picture
of a lion hunt, much to the annoyance of the aging lion, and Nordisk
Films was born. Very little is known about the pre-war industry except
that they were very popular through out Europe. Records show that
they were primarily based on plays and novels which sounds like most
other countries of that time period.
After the
war, the Danish cinema began being influenced by the United States
industry as did most of Europe.
