Elith Pio

Acting

04-07-1887

04-07-1887

He/Him

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Viggo Elith William Pio (3 July 1887 - 10 February 1983) was a Danish actor of stage, screen, radio and television. He is most noted for starring roles in films such as Carl Theodor Dreyer's Leaves from Satan's Book, Johan Jacobsen's Jenny and the Soldier and Benjamin Christensen's Häxan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elith Pio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Livsens ondskab

A satire of a typical Danish provincial town ca. 1900 with it's malicious, but merry portraits of the citizens. We meet the misshapen Emanuel Thomsen "Tummelumsen" and the two friends senior examining officer Knagsted and senior teacher Clausen.

Häxan

Johannes, Witch Judge

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious-- instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.

Tine

Danish melodrama about a housemaid struggling to find normalcy and love in the midst of war.

For freedom and justice

Løgn og løvebrøl

Familien Schmidt

dansk film der skal ses

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Häxan

Johannes, Witch Judge

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious-- instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.

Blind Justice

On New Year's Eve, the convicted murderer, Strong Henry, escapes from prison and collects his son from the orphanage. When he breaks into a local manor to get some milk for his child, he is surprised by a young woman, Eva. Out of pity, she decides to help the stranger, but unfortunately some of the manor's other occupants wake up and call the police. Fourteen years later, Henry is released from pr...

The Man Who Thought Life

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The mysterious Mr. Steinmetz has acquired the ability to create things and beings by will alone. Only, after a while his creations invariably disappear. He therefore approaches a famous brain surgeon, Max Holst, who he hopes can help him with this problem. When Max refuses, Steinmetz brings his doppelgänger into being to replace him.

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Leaves from Satan's Book

Joseph (third sequence)

The power of Satan is highlighted in four historical tales: the betrayal and subsequent arrest of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution and the execution of Marie Antoinette, and the Finnish War of Independence in 1918.

The President

Franz Victor von Sendlingen, Karl's father

By his father’s deathbed, a young man agrees to never marry below his station. Later, he falls in love with a lowly governess, impregnates her, and does not marry her. Many years later, as the President of the court of his town, he finds himself having to rule on his illegitimate daughter’s case of infanticide.

Movies (Acting)

Self – Interviewee (archive footage)

Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema

The Man Who Thought Life

Løgn og løvebrøl

Familien Schmidt

Den opvakte jomfru

For freedom and justice

Jenny and the Soldier

Take What You Want

Mens sagføreren sover

Dr. Wolffen - kongens livlæge

Drama på slottet

Kriminalassistent Steffensen

Kriminalassistent Bloch

Naar man kun er ung

Valdemar Mogensen

Alt for karrieren

Professor K.M. Jørgensen

Vi kunde ha' det saa rart

Et skud før midnat

Tordenskjold gaar i Land

Thi kendes for Ret

Church and organ

Johannes, Witch Judge

Joseph (third sequence)

Leaves from Satan's Book

Towards the Light

Franz Victor von Sendlingen, Karl's father

Old Farmer's Son

Saved from the Path of Transgression

The Girls from Cafe Maxim

Dr. Gar el Hama I

The Master Detective

TV Shows (Acting)

Livsens ondskab