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Guillaume Tell (1900)

Guillaume Tell poster
Original title
Foottit et Chocolat, IV. Guillaume Tell
Directed by
Alice Guy-Blaché
Genre
short film, comedy film, silent film, action film
Country
France
Runtime
1 min
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a very early silent film from France. It adapts the story of the Swiss folk hero William Tell, but with a comic tone.

lightheartedplayfulfast-pacedcomicsilentwhimsicalsimpleold-fashioned

What happens

Guillaume Tell est un film français réalisé par Alice Guy, sorti en 1900. Ce film muet en noir et blanc est l'adaptation cinématographique d'une pièce de Friedrich von Schiller, Wilhelm Tell (1804), qui met en scène le héros suisse Guillaume Tell. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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