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Gestoorde hengelaar 
Lion Solser and Piet Hesse, the comedians who starred in Gestoorde hengelaarDirected by M.H. Laddé
J.W. MerkelbachProduced by M.H. Laddé Starring Lion Solser
Piet HesseCinematography 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(s) November 29, 1896 Language Dutch 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]
Advertisement for the traveling cinema of Christiaan Slieker in the Utrechtsch Dagblad
Christiaan Slieker's traveling cinema Grand Théatre Edison, which showed Gestoorde hengelaar for the first time in Utrecht, the NetherlandsThe short silent film was first shown by the traveling cinema Grand Théatre Edison of Christiaan Slieker[6] on Sunday, November 29, 1896 in the Parktuin Tivoli in Utrecht.[1][7]
The film was not preserved and no known photos were taken of it.
It is only known that Gestoorde hengelaar was a slapstick comedy scene (with Lion Solser and Piet Hesse, who were then popular Dutch comedians)[8] 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]
Sources
- (Dutch) A. Briels, Komst en plaats van de Levende Photographie op de kermis. Een filmhistorische verkenning, Assen (1973), p. 30
- (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
References
- ^ a b c (Dutch) Zwijgend en verloren; De Nederlandse stomme film geïnventariseerd, NRCboeken, June 13, 1997)
- ^ The First Dutch Film: Gestoorde hengelaar, EYE Film Institute Netherlands
- ^ Gestoorde hengelaar, EYE Film Institute Netherlands
- ^ M.H. Laddé, EYE Film Institute Netherlands
- ^ Eerste Nederlandsch Atelier tot het vervaardigen van Films voor de Bioscoop en Cinematograaf M.H. Laddé & J.W. Merkelbach, EYE Film Institute Netherlands
- ^ a b George Christiaan Slieker (1861-1945), Who's Who of Victorian Cinema
- ^ a b (Dutch) De eerste filmvertoning in Utrecht: Christiaan Slieker in Park Tivoli, Utrecht Project
- ^ (Dutch) Stichting De Droomfabriek, profile on LinkedIn
External links
Cinema of the NetherlandsCategories:- Dutch-language films
- 1896 films
- Black-and-white films
- Dutch silent films
- Lost films
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