The Ambitious Servant Girl (1962)
- Country
- Australia
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a 1962 Australian TV adaptation of an Italian opera. A clever servant girl plots to marry her master. The story is presented as a stage play on television.
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What happens
The Ambitious Servant Girl is a 1962 TV play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was based on Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's opera La serva padrona, and was directed by Christopher Muir. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. It stars June Bronhill is 40 minutes long. It was shot in Melbourne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Martha (1964)
The Little Woman (1962)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.