Dash for Liberty

George Schnéevoigt, 1916, 16 min
FRAGMENT | Bedridden mine owner Werner dies of an accidental opium overdose and his foster daughter is suspected of killing him. The mine owner’s friend Hard was in prison for theft, and his daughter Erna was therefore in Werner’s care. Hard escaped from prison and found Werner on his deathbed. With the best of intentions, he soothed his old friend’s pain with opium, but unfortunately too generously. Now everyone suspects Erna except Werner’s son Alf, who must prove her innocence.

The film contains Norwegian intertitles. The preserved fragment lacks the beginning and the end. Read the full plot in the cinema programme.

Alf is played by Norwegian Alf Blütecher. He started his career as a theatre actor and was employed by Nordisk Film between 1913 and 1919. He was one of the company’s leading hero profiles and starred in more than 60 films.

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