Lau Lauritzen Sr., born Lauritz Lauritzen (13 March 1878, in
Silkeborg
Silkeborg () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 52,571 (1 January 2025).[film director
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,
screenwriter
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and actor of the silent era in Denmark. His son,
Lau Lauritzen Jr. became one of Denmark's leading directors in the 1940s and 1950s.
Filmography
As an actor
As a director
References
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1878 births
1938 deaths
Place of death missing
People from Silkeborg
Danish male film actors
Danish male silent film actors
20th-century Danish male actors
Danish silent film directors
Danish film directors
Danish male screenwriters
20th-century Danish screenwriters
Burials at Hellerup Cemetery
Danish comedy film directors
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