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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1416

French Cops Learning English

19087 minFrance

Synopsis

French policemen attend an English lesson where misunderstood phrases give way to enthusiastic flirtation. A senior officer arrives to restore order, only to accept a convenient explanation for the classroom's behaviour.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 7:10
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Georges Méliès · Public domain

DirectorsGeorges Méliès

Historical context

The joke invokes the Entente Cordiale between France and Britain. Bilingual written gags make language itself part of a silent comedy about official discipline and private desire.

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