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- "Karen Blixen - Out of This World" This is the story of the incredible life of Danish author Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) - a story just as dramatic as her own fantastic tales. Featuring Meryl Streep. During the documentary the viewers are taken on a journey through the life of Karen Blixen, told by people close to her. Blixen herself contributes through old footage. The directors have been given unique access to photos and letters from private archives, many of which have never been made public before. To complement the rich imagery of this film, additional footage and historical reenactments have been shot on location in Denmark and Kenya. The music consists exclusively of the original lacquer discs Karen Blixen collected throughout her life.
- Before the age of Google translate, GN produced the first code book translating Chinese characters into Morse code. Watch GN's role in creating the world's first "internet". GN, originally called 'Det Store Nordiske Telegraf-Selskab' (The Great Nordic Telegraph Company), has always been characterized by a pioneering spirit. Innovation and excellent sound have been the hallmarks of the company ever since the telegraph to today's most advanced headsets (Jabra) and hearing aids (ReSound).
- For people with autism, digital media like cell phones and tablets can improve the quality of life. The digital media open up completely new educational opportunities in connection with planning, visualization and manageability.
- The UN Global Compact is the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative - a call to companies to align strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruptions.
- The legendary Danish-American Jacob A. Riis was one of the 19th century's most innovative journalists and the father of modern documentary photography. Tormented by unrequited love, Jacob Riis emigrated from Denmark to the United States in 1870 and ended up as the very definition of the American dream. His good friend and President at the time, Theodore Roosevelt, called him 'an ideal American'. But before that, Riis had to work his way up from scratch as a drifter, a shipwright, an iron salesman and more. He went on to become recognized as one of America's most significant social revolutionaries, and in his book 'How the Other Half Lives', he documented, through photographs and text, the plight of immigrants living in New York's slums. This little film is wrapped in an incredible love story.
- In the Europe of the 1800s, Denmark, England, and Russia speedily arranged marriages, births, and cunning strategies bring King Christian IX, Queen Victoria and Tsar Alexander II to the throne.
- The Danish King Christian IX's oldest son, Frederik VIII, marries the Swedish King's only child, Lovisa. She is not pretty but she is rich.
- In 1863, the Danish King Christian IX's eldest daughter, Alexandra, marries the English heir to the throne, Edward VII who has a taste for the high life and the company of other women.
- The Danish King Christian IX's second eldest daughter, Dagmar, is engaged to the Russian Crown prince Nikolai. Unfortunately, he dies soon after and Dagmar is "inherited" by his younger brother, Alexander III.
- The Danish King Christian IX's 17 year-old son, Wilhelm, is proclaimed King of Greece and soon after anointed as George I.
- The Danish King Christian IX's youngest daughter, Thyra, marries the ex-Crown Prince from the German principality of Hanover and they take up residence in Austria.
- In 1863, the Danish King Christian IX's eldest daughter, Alexandra, marries the English heir to the throne, Edward VII who has a taste for the high life and the company of other women.