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Kejser Nero paa krigsstien
Also known as Emperor Nero on the Warpath in the USA
(1907) Denmark
B&W : Short film
Directed by Viggo Larsen
Cast: (unknown)
Nordisk Films Kompagni production; distributed by Nordisk Films Kompagni. / Produced by Ole Olsen. Cinematography by Axel Sørensen (Axel Graatkjær). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA as Emperor Nero on the Warpath (at 280 feet) by Great Northern Film Company on 16 May 1908.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The sculptor bas just finished his great figure, “The Emperor Nero,” and is about putting the finishing stroke to a portrait-bust. The model is getting her pay and is leaving, after which the artist lies down to take a well-deserved rest. No sooner has the artist dropped asleep than Nero gets alive; he descends from his standing place, goes up to his creator, looks at him skeptically, takes a cigar and walks out of the room. The first street lamp he comes across he bends down like a cane and lights his cigar with it. A policeman, who thinks that he is dealing with a madman, rushes forward in order to have this man’s name put down in his book, but is blown off as if he was a feather. Outside a coffee house Nero orders a refreshment, wipes the table with the waiter and throws him into the air. The poor waiter positively bas to force the already ill-treated policeman to take the matter in hand. He does not come off any better this time, either. The Emperor Nero seizes him by the collar, wheels him around and throws him away. At last Nero shows himself a gallant hero by offering two ladies his escort, but as the ladles do not seem to be taken with his classical beauty, he proudly walks up to the house of the artist, followed by the policeman, the waiter and the ladies. In the studio a regular fight starts, at the end of which the policeman knocks off the Emperor Nero’s head and smashes it against the floor. The artist's model now comes back and awakes the sleeping genius, who jumps to his feet as quick as lightning, expecting to find his work broken to pieces, but finds it was only a dream.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown) [Denmark]; Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Busts - Dreams
Listing updated: 27 December 2024.
References: Mottram-Danish p. 23 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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