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The Miser (1908 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Miser' is a 1908 French short silent film directed by Georges Mlis.
Plot
Production
The miser character in the film is probably Harpagon, from Molire's play 'The Miser'. Mlis appears in the film both as the poor man and as the man who brings the cask back.
Close viewing of the first scene indicates that it was filmed in Mlis's glass-roofed studio beneath a cloudy sky. When the sun comes out, the shadows it casts are clearly visible for several seconds; then, as tracing-paper panels are put against the glass to diffuse the light, the panel's shadows also become visible. Some of the film was shot outside, in the garden of Mlis's property in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis.
Release and survival
'The Miser' was released by Mlis's Star Film Company and is numbered 11461158 in its catalogues, where it is listed as a 'scne artistique dramatico-comique'. The surviving print is incomplete; another scene is evidenced in a production still, but it is presumed lost.
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