Film
Slapstick 2019: On the Trail of Cunégonde
- Director
- Various
- Certificate
- 12A
- Running Time
- 65 mins
Around 1912-1913, the French company Société Lux produced a string of comedies featuring a main character called Cunégonde. The surviving films show the same actress playing the part as either an unruly maid, an annoying spinster or a ferocious wife. The true identity of the actress playing Cunégonde has remained a mystery for decades, until now…
This Slapstick Festival presentation by Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi, Curator of Amsterdam’s EYE Filmmuseum, includes a screening of the surviving Cunégonde films along with a discussion on what we now know about the actress. We understand there’s a Bristol connection, but we shan’t spoil the surprise
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