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Der Getäuschte Pierrot
The Cuckolded Pierrot
Year: 1917

Pierrot searches for his Columbine who is being embraced by the handsome Harlequin. This tinted film without intertitles charmingly retells the well-known story of the amorous trio.

Playing the clavichord, Columbine sends Pierrot to sleep. She is as graceful as he is noisily snoring. His head nods backwards. Seduced by Harlequin's advances, the young woman disappears faster than her shadow.

Taking his inspiration from the Munich tradition of illustrated broadsheets, Ludwig von Wich developed a unique new shadow play technique. The white screen was illuminated from behind. The objects and actors appeared as shadows on the screen.
 

Director: Ludwig von WICH
Nationality: German
Length: 6' 20"
Genre: animation
Sound: silent with soundtrack
Original elements: tinted
Producer: Münchner Kunstfilm Peter Ostermayr
Composer: Antonio Coppola (2008)
Original language: German
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