Robinet chaffeur miope
Tweedledum, a Short-Sighted Chaffeur(1914)
Director: Marcel Fabre – Production: Società Anonima Ambrosio, Torino – Original lenght: 174 m – Lenght: 127 m – Intertitles: Dutch – Censorship certificate: 3269, 6/5/1914 – Première: /05/1914 –

Cast: Marcel Fabre (Robinet)

The film:

Tweedledum, suffering from a strong myopia, decides to take driving lessons in order to escape from boredom. After reading an announcement on the newspaper, he goes to the driving school and after paying the lessons in advance he starts to drive by the instructor’s side. A series of impossible vicissitudes starts: Tweedledum, unstoppable, destroys everything he finds on his way.

The creditors go to his place to be refunded for the damages; Tweedledum, completely broken, allows them to pick all his furniture and he falls asleep on the carpet, the only piece of furniture left.  

 

The film restoration:

The restored print of Robinet chaffeur miope was bought by the Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino in 1992. The restoration was carried out by the Nederlands Filmmuseum di Amsterdam [EYE Film Institute Netherlands]  from a tinted nitrate print with Dutch intertitles belonging to the Jean Desmet collection.

 

Link Vimeo Cineteca MNC:

https://vimeo.com/155503326

 



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