De gebroken Spiegel

Summary

While cleaning the lieutenant's cheval-glass, Jan, his valet, accidentally smashes the mirror. When the lieutenant comes home early in the morning after a drinking bout, he decides that he must shave and put on clean clothes. Fortunately for Jan, the lieutenant is not only befuddled, but also somewhat myopic. In order to deceive his master, Jan stands behind the empty mirrorframe and "reflects" the lieutenant's every move.

A thumbnail review in 'The Bioscope' (4.9.1913) called the film "a cleverly worked comic, in which the mirror episode provides excellent fun".

Information

original title
De gebroken Spiegel
foreign release title
Der zerbrochene Spiegel
production year
1912
release date
30-03-1912
country
Netherlands
category
Fictional
original distributor
production company

Cast

Actor

Technical notations

sound
Silent
colour
Black & White
format
35mm
acts
1

Resources

Nieuws van de Dag, 30 maart 1912

De Goudsche Courant, 30 juli 1912

De Kinematograaf No. 3, 7 februari 1913, p. 15

H. Rijken, Filmgeschiedenis van Hoorn, Hoorn (1995)

G. Donaldson, Of Joy and Sorrow. A Filmography of Dutch Silent Fiction, Amsterdam (1997), pp. 84-85

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