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De Greep
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Wikipedia article
'De Greep' is a Dutch silent film from 1909, with a running time of eight minutes which was directed by Leon Boedels.[http://www.filminnederland.nl/en/person/leon-boedels Leon Boedels] , EYE Film Institute Netherlands De Greep was produced by 'Filmfabriek F.A. Nggerath' and is based on the French play 'La Griffe' by Jean Sartne.
Plot
Jean-Marie Hardouin (played by Louis Bouwmeester) is an old man who once was notorious because of the iron grip he exerted on his family but now he is lame. He whiles away his days in a chair in the house of his son and daughter-in-law. He has to see how his adulterous daughter-in-law plots to murder her two foster children and her husband. Jean-Marie can't intervene and because he can't talk he can't warn his own family. Eventually he gathers all his strengths and strangles her.
See also
*List of Dutch films before 1910
Sources
* Algemeen Handelsblad, 4 August 1909
* F. van der Maden, Mobiele filmvertoning in Nederland 18951913, Nijmegen (1981), p. 295
* Nijmeegsche Courant, 5 October 1909
* H. de Wit, Film in Utrecht van 1895 tot 1915, Utrecht (1986); Annex: p. 133
* De Kinematograaf, No. 102, 1 January 1915
* De Kinematograaf, No. 105, 22 January 1915
* De Kinematograaf, No. 121, 14 May 1915
*G. Donaldson, Of Joy and Sorrow. A Filmography of Dutch Silent Fiction, Amsterdam (1997), p. 75
References
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