The History of Undermined Claessens

the History of Undermined Claessens (Of legend van Minna Claessens) , of the French realizer Alfred Machin, left in 1912, is the first Feature-length film Belgian Cinéma.

Synopsis

An old artist remembers with nostalgia Undermined Claessens, the young girl, died of the Tuberculose, which he liked formerly. Set up on the place of the village, the statue which it carved is all that it remains to him of it from now on.

Comment

This film is lost, it remains about it only the scenario, preserved at Paris, with the National library.

His wife Germaine Lecuyer interprets the role of Mimi-Finch.

Data sheet

French Title: the History of Undermined Claessens
Flemish Titer: Of legend van Undermined Claessens
Réalisation: Alfred Machin
Scenario: Alfred Machin
Production: Belgian Cinema Film (Brussels)
Country: Belgium
Format: black and white; dumb man; 460 m
Date: 1912

Distribution

Combes : Claessens
Fernand Crommelynck mined (not credited)
Denège: a dancer
Fernande Dépernay: German Mrs Henne Kens
Lecuyer: Mimi-finch
Jean Liézer: the old sculptor No5el Stoenens
Emile Mylo: the young sculptor Moël Stoenens
Théresa: a dancer
Willekins: the innkeeper

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