The Broken Violin

The Broken Violin (1908)

Lully ou le violon brisé

If a violin was actually broken here we don't get to see it. Sadly this is one of many Georges Melies films that are only available in a fragment. Hopefully one day a complete print will turn up but until then at least we have this. The film starts off in some sort of bakery as the boss starts giving orders and then a bit later we see a young man pull out a violin he has been hiding and start to play it. The film then flashes to another location but this is where it cuts off so I'm not certain where the story went from here.

Date of release
1908-04-25
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (8)
Runtime
3m
Genres
Drama
Director
Georges Méliès, Manuel

Interesting facts

The Broken Violin was a 1908 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 1176–1185 in its catalogues, where it was advertised as "très artistique; spécial pour coloris; anecdote Louis XIV en 4 tableaux, avec ballet". Only a fragment of the film is known to survive; the rest is presumed lost.

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