The creative yet debt-ridden inventor Fred must sell his beloved prototype of an aeroplane. Fred’s wife is ill and needs expensive medicine. The buyer is the usurer Frank, who doesn’t understand technology other than a status symbol. Thus, Frank needs a pilot, and Fred swallows his pride and takes the job. On the day of the test flight, a violent storm is brewing. Will Fred’s own invention seal his fate?
The film contains no intertitles. Read the plot in English in the cinema programme.
The film is a copy preserved on paper print, which the poor quality can be attributed to. Paper print was a widespread and cheap way to copy films before many countries created copyright laws. Incidentally, paper turned out to be a tremendously good medium for archiving. The Library of Congress in the US still has more than 3,000 paper print copies preserved, including a number of Danish silent films such as ‘The Aeroplane Inventor’.
The film contains no intertitles. Read the plot in English in the cinema programme.
The film is a copy preserved on paper print, which the poor quality can be attributed to. Paper print was a widespread and cheap way to copy films before many countries created copyright laws. Incidentally, paper turned out to be a tremendously good medium for archiving. The Library of Congress in the US still has more than 3,000 paper print copies preserved, including a number of Danish silent films such as ‘The Aeroplane Inventor’.
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