Gestoorde hengelaar (English: Disturbed Angler) was the first Dutch fictional film,[1][2][3] made by M.H. Laddé[4] in 1896 and was produced by the studio Eerst Nederlandsch Atelier tot het vervaardigen van Films voor de Bioscoop en Cinematograaf van M.H. Laddé en J.W. Merkelbach.[5]
| Gestoorde hengelaar | |
|---|---|
 Lion Solser and Piet Hesse, the comedians who starred in Gestoorde hengelaar | |
| Directed by | M.H. Laddé J.W. Merkelbach |
| Produced by | M.H. Laddé |
| Starring | Lion Solser Piet Hesse |
| Cinematography | M.H. Laddé |
| Distributed by | Eerst Nederlandsch Atelier tot het vervaardigen van Films voor de Bioscoop en Cinematograaf van M.H. Laddé en J.W. Merkelbach Grand Théatre Edison (Christiaan Slieker) |
Release date | 29 November 1896 |
| Language | Dutch |
The short silent film was first shown by the traveling cinema Grand Théatre Edison of Christiaan Slieker[6] on Sunday 29 November 1896 in the Parktuin Tivoli in Utrecht.[1][7]
The film was not preserved and no known photos were taken of it. That means that it is a lost film.
It is only known that Gestoorde hengelaar was a slapstick comedy scene (with Lion Solser and Piet Hesse, who were then popular Dutch comedians) from the flyer which Slieker distributed.[1]
The film was shown in Slieker's cinema using a cinematograph, made by H.O. Foersterling & Co from Berlin, Germany.[6] A fairground organ provided music during the film's showing.[7]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c (in Dutch) Zwijgend en verloren; De Nederlandse stomme film geïnventariseerd Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine, NRCboeken, June 13, 1997)
- ^ The First Dutch Film: Gestoorde hengelaar Archived 2011-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, EYE Film Institute Netherlands
- ^ Gestoorde hengelaar Archived 2014-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, EYE Film Institute Netherlands
- ^ M.H. Laddé Archived 2011-10-17 at the Wayback Machine, EYE Film Institute Netherlands
- ^ Eerste Nederlandsch Atelier tot het vervaardigen van Films voor de Bioscoop en Cinematograaf M.H. Laddé & J.W. Merkelbach Archived 2011-10-17 at the Wayback Machine, EYE Film Institute Netherlands
- ^ a b George Christiaan Slieker (1861-1945), Who's Who of Victorian Cinema
- ^ a b (in Dutch) De eerste filmvertoning in Utrecht: Christiaan Slieker in Park Tivoli, Utrecht Project (archive)
Sources edit
- (in Dutch) A. Briels, Komst en plaats van de Levende Photographie op de kermis. Een filmhistorische verkenning, Assen (1973), p. 30
- (in Dutch) K. Dibbets & F. van der Maden (red.), Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse film en bioscoop tot 1940, Weesp (1986), p. 19
- G. Donaldson, Of Joy and Sorrow. A Filmography of Dutch Silent Fiction, Amsterdam (1997), p. 51
