Het steenen bruidje

Summary

A sculptor falls in love with his model, but his financial position makes it impossible for them to marry. Matters are further complicated by the appearance of a certain count - and a lot of money. The model's mother does all in her power to bring her daughter and the count together. The latter, in order to please the model, agrees to purchase a marble bust of her, executed by the sculptor. Unhappily, the sculptor has been obliged to pawn the work in question. But as the count is a little short-sighted, they think of a ruse: the model will pose as the bust, and if a sale is effected the bust itself may be redeemed. The deception naturally affords considerable amusement, but the ruse is successful, and the sculptor eventually gets the model for his bride.

Information

original title
Het steenen bruidje
foreign release title
La fiancée de marbre
production year
1914
first screening
5-1914
country
Netherlands
category
Fictional
production company

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Technical notations

original length
375
sound
Silent
colour
Black & White
format
35mm
acts
1

Resources

G. Donaldson, Of Joy and Sorrow. A Filmography of Dutch Silent Fiction, Amsterdam (1997), p. 123

R. Bishoff, Hollywood in Holland, Amsterdam (1988), p. 122

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