Queen Dagmar
DirectorElisabeth Damkiær
WriterElisabeth Damkiær
4 minAnimation
Plot
The scene takes place in 1212 at the beginning of the Middle Ages The Queen has suddenly taken ill at Riberhus Castle In her feverish dreams she meets the persona of death with its bony hand holding the white queen on a chessboard Several miles away King Valdemar Sejr who doesnt yet have knowledge of his wifes illness is out on a hunt Suddenly his falcon disappears in the woods and the king pursues it He finds it on the shoulder of a bony man who is dressed in a black mantle and waiting for him beside a chessboard
