Personal Info
Birth date
1887-07-04 (138 Years)
Day of death
1983-02-10
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Also known as
-Elith Pio
Biography
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.
Filmography
Livsens ondskab
NYR
Overview:
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
7.619
Overview:
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.For freedom and justice
6.2
Overview:
A picture of the life of the Danish people from the late 1820s to the introduction of the free constitution in 1849. A fictional character, Rasmus Nielsen, travels around the country, first as a traveling teacher, later in other positions, and through his experiences we are introduced to the conditions of various population groups. The central figure in the portrayal of historical figures is the politician Orla Lehmann.Jenny and the Soldier
5.8
Overview:
A good natured soldier with a killer right hand falls in love with a beautiful girl who has a troubled past.Løgn og løvebrøl
6
Overview:
An unsuccessful animal impersonator wants publicity and feeds an overly eager journalist a story. The impersonator says he is going to Africa to roar like a lion, and people believe him. The front-page sensation spreads to the foreign press, and in the end, the poor liar has to take out his savings and travel to Africa to prove that the lie was true enough.Tango
7
Overview:
The "Tango Bar" is the fashion of the moment. The city's party-goers have chosen the small, cozy, intimate local venue for the night's wee hours. Gaby Grant is an ideal hostess who knows how to get guests to forget the day's sorrows and troubles - and knows how to get them to pay.Leaves from Satan's Book
6.1
Overview:
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 Man Who Thought Life
6.286
Overview:
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.Blind Justice
6.5
Overview:
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 prison. Convinced that Eva betrayed him, he sets out to take revenge and find his son.Ullabella
6.5
Overview:
Ullabella is a dreamy teenager who is in love with her teacher. But one day, when she refuses to do as he says, he slaps her. Ullabella tells her family about it, and then the case begins. Ullabella's mother and uncle, who is a politician, take the case all the way to the political level and demand at least an apology from the teacher. He refuses to give one, but a solution to the case is found nonetheless.Kongen Bød
4.5
Overview:
We are in a Zealand village in the years before the reading of the staves. Jacob, the son of alderman Jeppe, goes from farm to farm and blows for the town meeting. Today the farmers are to meet to discuss when to start the rye harvest. The young farmer, who is eager to get started, does not have much confidence that they will be able to agree. When he gets home, he asks his father why they cannot harvest right away. Maybe it will be like last time, when the rye was rotting in the field. He does not understand that they always have to wait for the others. The old farmer gives him a sharp rebuke: "Don't pretend to be smarter than you are!“As You Want Me
7.5
Overview:
A woman wants to teach her unfaithful husband a lesson for his constant stepping out. However, she might fall into her own trap when she falls in love with an attractive pianist.Forellen
5.5
Overview:
Mrs Clara has been married to Carl Møller for almost 25 years, but she is not happy.Vi kunde ha' det saa rart
7
Overview:
A renowned and widowed otolaryngologist hires a young, penniless poet as live-in nanny for his three rowdy – but musically gifted – children.Et skud før midnat
5.3
Overview:
Dr. med. Peter Lind is a young, partying model doctor who, despite an extensive and wealthy female clientele, is getting tired of the monotony of medical life and is therefore planning to go on a long trip abroad to experience adventure. His wife Vera is very unhappy with this plan. Peter and Vera have recently divorced after four years of marriage and are therefore better off than ever. Since they cannot agree on whether Peter should travel or not, they choose fashion writer and theater critic Martin Steen as their umpire.Biskoppen
8.5
Overview:
The priest on Snarø, Adam Valerius, is a widower for three years, and the young ladies in the parish are queuing up to become the next priest's wife. But when Adam's single housekeeper suddenly becomes pregnant, the small community gets talking, and soon the bishop is summoned. By a twist of fate, the Copenhagen actor Emil Flor, who is on his way to the island, is mistaken for the bishop, and he gets into the role and elegantly resolves the conflict. But then the real bishop appears...Drama på slottet
7
Overview:
At the old Copenhagen Castle, a strange drama is played out in the year 1699 - the last year of King Christian V's life. One winter day, the young Junker Friedrich von Kötschau comes from Hesse to Christian V's court. The old gloomy castle is filled with sadness, where the king's increasing weakness puts a damper on all the joy of life. Friedrich von Kötschau is a handsome young nobleman, and even His Majesty is delighted with his many cheerful inventions. In addition, he has a prescription for gold, and the king gives him permission to experiment in the castle cellar with the old palace pharmacist Paulus.Eventyrrejsen
4
Overview:
Here is the film that all travel-loving Danes should see—and nod in recognition at all the funny episodes that arise when very different Danes go on vacation to Munich, Tyrol, Rome, and Venice with the dream of the adventure trip of a lifetime. The group is a festive mix: some perpetually dissatisfied, the always happy, young and old, single and a couple of womanisers, etc.Towards the Light
5.7
Overview:
Countess Ysabel is a young and rich woman with many suitors. An elegant and adventurous baron has managed to win her heart, but she anyway continues to play with other men’s feelings. Nemesis hits her when a young man with a broken heart kills himself, and the baron at the same time reveals a horrible secret. Ysabe'ls world seems to fall apart.Landmandsliv
NYR
Overview:
The von Ramborgs, a couple who own a big estate, are having some serious money issues. Their estate is run by a bunch of talented folks. The count's nephew Frantz shows up at the estate and immediately falls for Louise, who's the daughter of the estate manager. The maid Marie falls for Frantz, while the handyman Fritz is into Marie. In addition to these complications, two swindlers arrive at the estate. They want to try to cheat von Ramborg out of his estate. However, von Ramborg gets help from Marie and Havermann, who is the estate manager.Kriminalassistent Bloch
6
Overview:
In the small town of Fjordnæs, former accountant Carl Frank lives with his family. He is a sick and broken man who has just finished a prison sentence for fraud. His financial affairs are in an extremely sad state, and he has no chance of getting a job. Frank decides to commit suicide and leaves the house with his revolver. Detective Bloch is called in from Copenhagen when Frank's revolver is found with a young horticultural worker.The President
5.8
Overview:
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.The Grey Dame
0.5
Overview:
In a mansion full of secret rooms and passageways, people are dying shortly after seeing the ghost of a woman in gray, as an old legend dictates. Called in to solve the mystery, Sherlock Holmes has doubts about the supernatural aspect of the crimes and focuses on a more earthly culprit.Den opvakte jomfru
5
Overview:
In the year 1520, during a violent hurricane in the North Sea, a ship in distress. The sailors are convinced that the abbot they have aboard is causing this. They throw him overboard with his holy scriptures.Naar man kun er ung
6.3
Overview:
Peter West goes to Copenhagen to see if he can make a living as a painter. He is quickly accepted into the circle of young artists in the city. He quickly produces many paintings, but he cannot sell a single one. Susan, a young female journalist, is in love with Peter and decides to help him. Since her father is also an art connoisseur, she takes advantage of him, so that Peter gets a well-deserved breakthrough.Duellen
6.5
Overview:
A sort of forerunner to Hollywood's Boogie Nights (1997), this Danish melodrama is set in the world of strip clubs. A medical student (Frits Helmuth) earns money for tuition working in a burlesque joint. He falls for one of the girls (Malene Schwarz), but she is also involved with a movie director (John Price). The director and Helmuth get into a philosophical debate about love and Darwinism, and the film ends with a duel (the film's title). Duellen was met with mostly incomprehension when it premiered and is no more lucid when viewed today. The striptease scene featuring full-frontal nudity is tame by modern standards.Familien Schmidt
8.8
Overview:
The bank is located in the square of a small, idyllic market town, and its manager, Anders B. Schmidt, is seriously ill in the town hospital. At the beginning of the story, he is quietly passing away. In the wealthy neighborhood of the market town, we find the bank manager's villa, which has been his pride and joy for many years. He leaves behind a deeply grieving widow and four adult children. It soon emerges that the respected citizen had a love affair before he got married, and this causes outrage.Tine
7.5
Overview:
Danish melodrama about a housemaid struggling to find normalcy and love in the midst of war.Mens sagføreren sover
4.8
Overview:
Four Danish-Americans who, thanks to their exploits across the Atlantic, should have been behind bars, have taken up residence in a Copenhagen hotel. It is not longing for their homeland that has driven them home, but the hope of making "the big deal," more specifically, securing the crown jewels at Rosenborg Castle in a daring coup. At the hotel, the four "gentlemen" impatiently await their boss's orders to move out.Acting
2020Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema as Self – Interviewee (archive footage)
1976Barselstuen as Jeronimus
1972Livsens ondskab (5 Episodes) as Konsul Mørch
1971Rundt om Selma as Wilhelmsen
1969The Man Who Thought Life as Overlægen
1964Tine as Unknown
1963Landmandsliv as Karl Havermann
1962Duellen as Unknown
1961Løgn og løvebrøl as Unknown
1961Ullabella as Stiftsprovst
1960Eventyrrejsen as Unknown
1951Familien Schmidt as Unknown
1950Den opvakte jomfru as Unknown
1949For freedom and justice as Hans Puggaard
1947Jenny and the Soldier as Olaf Knauer
1947Take What You Want as Unknown
1945Mens sagføreren sover as Robert Jensen
1945Affæren Birte as Unknown
1944Otte akkorder as Unknown
1944Biskoppen as Unknown
1943Drama på slottet as Dr. Wolffen - kongens livlæge
1943Kriminalassistent Bloch as Kriminalassistent Steffensen
1943Naar man kun er ung as Unknown
1943As You Want Me as Valdemar Mogensen
1943Alt for karrieren as Hr. Andersen
1942Vi kunde ha' det saa rart as Professor K.M. Jørgensen
1942Forellen as Unknown
1942Et skud før midnat as Unknown
1942Tordenskjold gaar i Land as Frederik IV
1942Thi kendes for Ret as Unknown
1938Kongen Bød as Christian VII
1933Tango as Otto Gronemann
1932Church and organ as Amtsskriver
1931Hotel paradis as Fridolin
1922Häxan as Johannes, Witch Judge
1920Leaves from Satan's Book as Joseph (third sequence)
1919Towards the Light as Suffløren
1919The President as Franz Victor von Sendlingen, Karl's father
1916Blind Justice as Unknown
1914Krigens Ofre as Old Farmer's Son
1913Saved from the Path of Transgression as Unknown
1911The Girls from Cafe Maxim as Unknown
1911Dr. Gar el Hama I as Unknown
1909The Master Detective as Unknown
1909The Grey Dame as Willy