Cabman's Adventure

Cabman's Adventure (1902)

Przygoda dorożkarza

One of the two oldest known films made in Poland, with the other being The Return of a Merry Fellow, also made in 1902.

Date of release
1902-09-01
Genres
Comedy
Director
Kazimierz Prószyński

Casting

Interesting facts

Cabman's Adventure is a 1902 silent comedy short film made by Kazimierz Prószyński. It starred Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski and presumably Władysław Neubelt. Released in September 1902, it is one of the oldest known narrative films made in Poland. The film plot focuses around a prank, in which horses of a cabman are replaced with a donkey, while he remains asleep in a horse-drawn carriage. It was filmed in the city of Warsaw, then in the Kingdom of Poland within the Russian Empire, and now part of the Republic of Poland.

Production and release

Cabman's Adventure was written and directed by Kazimierz Prószyński. It was filmed by him in 1902 on a biopleograph, a filming device of his own invention. The film was produced by his company, Towarzystwo Udziałowe Pleograf, and created in the city of Warsaw in the Kingdom of Poland within the Russian Empire. It was an experimental film and one of the first films made by Prószyński.

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