Muis Hamel bij den coiffeur

Summary

Muis enters an elegant hairdresser's saloon, takes a seat and has his chin lathered. The hairdresser picks up a huge knife, slices Muis' head off and places it on a plate on a table. The trunk on the

Muis enters an elegant hairdresser's saloon, takes a seat and has his chin lathered. The hairdresser picks up a huge knife, slices Muis' head off and places it on a plate on a table. The trunk on the chair and the head on the plate continue to move normally, as if nothing had happened. The hairdresser shaves off his customer's beard and cuts his hair. Then, after applying pomade and lotion, the hair-dresser neatly replaces the head on the trunk. Muis stands up and walks out of the saloon, looking cleaner and better groomed than anyone in Breda has ever seen him.

Information

original title
Muis Hamel bij den coiffeur
production year
1904
release date
09-11-1904
country
Netherlands
category
Fictional
nederlandse vertoner
production company

Technical notations

sound
Silent
colour
Black & White
format
35mm
acts
1

Resources

Dagblad van Noord-Brabant, 6 & 7 november 1904

Dagblad van Noord-Brabant, 8 november 1904

Dagblad van Noord-Brabant, 10 november 1904

Nijmeegsche Courant, 20 april 1905

G. Donaldson, Of Joy and Sorrow. A Filmography of Dutch Silent Fiction, Amsterdam (1997), p. 58

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