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Jonkheer Axel van Hoogveld is a medical student who hopes that, as doctor, he can devote his life to the benefit of mankind. He is aware, however, that as his father was a victim of tuberculosis, he may himself be tuberculous. Odette van der Zee...

Willem is henpecked, and when the servant marches off indignantly he is compelled by his wife to do the servant's work. He prepares tea, but there is no milk; he is dispatched to get some. He arrives at the milk-shop, but coming out collides with...

The film consists of three parts, of which the first is fiction, the second a combination of fiction and documentary material and the third is pure documentary.

Part 1 is a curious and historically inaccurate depiction of events that took...

Count de Brandt bets the members of his club that within two hours he can steal the famous Ruysdael painting "Autumn Evening" from the Brazilian banker Baron de Villa, even though the latter has hired Renault, the famous private detective, to...

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...

The head cook, his female assistant and the cook's boy fall asleep after drinking a magic potion. A dwarf appears and cuts off their hands with a huge cheese-cutter. The severed hands start working. They cut the bread, clean the vegetables and...

They live next door to each other and are good pals; but the ladies are sworn enemies, and the gentlemen cannot fraternise. One receives a card inviting him to the Paradise Bar, and urging him to enjoy life while it lasts. During a few moments,...

A lady is telling a group of children the story of Saint Nicholas when, suddenly, on the screen the good Saint appears on his horse, together with his assistant, Black Peter. The Saint and Peter make a tour of Haarlem, from time to time strewing...