Gorki, The Demon Detective

Gorki, The Demon Detective

28 mins | Drama, Crime | Jan. 1, 1912

Hjalmar leads a double life; during the day, he is a clerk at his father’s bank while at night, he leads a notorious gang known as “Heldet” (Fortune) to pay for his prodigious womanising and gambling. When “Heldet” knocks over his own bank, Hjalmar distracts the guard while the rest of the gang cleans out the vault, then he calls the police to allay any suspicion. But master detective Gorki is on the case, and Hjalmar might not have been as careful as he thinks. (stumfilm.dk)

Gorki, The Demon Detective

28 mins | Drama, Crime | Jan. 1, 1912

Gorki, The Demon Detective
Hjalmar leads a double life; during the day, he is a clerk at his father’s bank while at night, he leads a notorious gang known as “Heldet” (Fortune) to pay for his prodigious womanising and gambling. When “Heldet” knocks over his own bank, Hjalmar distracts the guard while the rest of the gang cleans out the vault, then he calls the police to allay any suspicion. But master detective Gorki is on the case, and Hjalmar might not have been as careful as he thinks. (stumfilm.dk)
Producers Copenhagen Film Co
Original title Gorki
Directors
Writers Milian Nathansohn

Cast

Carl Hintz

as Oscar Bentzen, bankdirektør

Dagmar Wildenbrück

as Anna, Bentzens hustru

Valdemar Keller

as Hjalmar, prokurist, Bentzens søn

Agnes Nørlund Seemann

as Oda, Hjalmars hustru

Vera Lindstrøm

as Fulvia

Torben Krarup

as Ørnen

Vilhelm Schultz

as Uglen

Hans Dynesen

as Gorki, opdager