Bout de Zan et l'embusqué
| Bout de Zan et l'embusqué | |
|---|---|
 René Poyen as Bout de Zan | |
| Directed by | Louis Feuillade |
| Starring | René Poyen |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Languages | Silent film with French intertitles |
Bout de Zan et l'embusqué (Bout de Zan and the Shirker) is a 1915 short silent film by Louis Feuillade. Louis Feuillade directed between 1912 and 1916 about sixty short films with Bout de Zan, a little boy played by René Poyen, as a recurring hero.[1]
Plot[edit]
France during World War I: Bout de Zan is irritated by his uncle's friend Marius always bragging about his shooting skills. When Marius bets that he will shoot a small bird in a tree, Bout de Zan finds out that he has paid a boy to drop a dead bird from the tree against which he will shoot a blank. Bout de Zan has the dead bird replaced by a stuffed one accompanied by a note saying that rather than lying he should go and fight the Germans. Ashamed, Marius rushes to enlist.
Production[edit]
The film was produced by Sté. des Etablissements L. Gaumont, the company created in 1895 by Léon Gaumont.
References[edit]
- ^ Review, synopsis and link to watch the film: "A cinema history". Retrieved 2 July 2014.
External links[edit]
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