Cabman's Adventure
1902 film
- Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski
- Władysław Neubelt (presumed)
Release date
- September 1902 (1902-09)
Cabman's Adventure (Polish: Przygoda dorożkarza) 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 two oldest known films made in Poland, with the other being The Return of a Merry Fellow, also made in 1902.[1][2]
Plot
The driver of a horse-drawn carriage fell asleep in his vehicle. While he was asleep, a group of people, jokingly took his horses and replaced them with a donkey. The driver is woken up by the passenger and is flabbergasted by the change.[1]
Cast
- Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski as a passenger
- Władysław Neubelt (presumably) as a cabman
Production
Cabman's Adventure was written and directed by Kazimierz Prószyński. It was filmed by him in 1902 in Warsaw, Congress Poland, with a biopleograph, a filming device invented by Prószyński. The film was produced by his company, Towarzystwo Udziałowe Pleograf. It was an experimental film and one of the first films made by him.[2][3] The film features two characters, a passager played by Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski, and a cabman, whose actor's name remains uncertain, though it is presumed to be Władysław Neubelt. It was the film debut of Junosza-Stępowski.[4] The film was released in September 1902. It is one of the two oldest known films made in Poland, with the other being The Return of a Merry Fellow, also made in 1902.[2]
References
- ^ a b Stanisław Janicki: Polskie filmy fabularne 1902–1988. Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe, 1990, p. 9, ISBN 978-83-221-0503-0, OCLC 24209334. (in Polish)
- ^ a b c Zuzanna Ducka-Lubas (21 October 2011). "'Antoś w Warszawie' – niezwykłe początki polskiego filmu". dziennik.com (in Polish).
- ^ "Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski". akademiapolskiegofilmu.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Marek Zaradniak: 70 lat temu zginął Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski". gloswielkopolski.pl (in Polish). 5 July 2013.
