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William Tell

19035 minFrance
Drama

Synopsis

William Tell defies a governor's authority and must shoot an apple from his son's head. The ordeal becomes part of a broader struggle in which the people rally behind him as a liberator.

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Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
5:31
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

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

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Lucien Nonguet / Segundo de Chomón · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsLucien Nonguet

Inspirations

Lucien Nonguet condenses Friedrich Schiller's play into five scenes. Intertitles connect the staged episodes, while stencil colouring adds another visual layer to the Pathé production.

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