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Film

The Guinea-Pig

Edmund Edel, Germany, 1916

37 min.FeatureComedy, Comedy, Romantic comedy

Jesta’s mischievous and playful manner is driving her father and his new lady friend mad. Finally they have had enough, and Jesta is sent away to a girls’ school, bundled onto the first train available. However, a mix-up occurs at the train station. A professor in dire financial straits, who has finally gotten a young, mentally challenged sent to him for treatment, mistakenly takes Jesta home with him to his clinic – a move he will soon regret …
Basic information Credits Materials
Original title Das Versuchskaninchen
Danish title Den første Patient
Other titles Der erste Patient
Director Edmund Edel
Screenplay Louis Levy
Director of Photography Carl Ferdinand Fischer
Appearance Asta Nielsen, Alfred Kühne, Fred Immler
Production country Germany
Technical info 741 meter, 35 mm, 1,33:1, Black/white, Silent
Danish theatrical release 20.08.1917
Cinemas Metropolteatret
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Companies

Production company Neutral-Film, Art-film (Tyskland)

Direction

Direction Edmund Edel

Script

Script Louis Levy

Cinematography

Cinematography Carl Ferdinand Fischer

Appearance

Jesta Asta Nielsen
Jestas far Alfred Kühne
Jestas forlovede Fred Immler

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Program - stumfilm & mikro
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