The Zealous Orderly (1908)

Original title

Усердный денщик

Directed by

N. Filippov

Genre

comedy film

Country

Russian Empire

Runtime

3 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a 1908 Russian silent film. It is a slapstick comedy about an orderly. It is known as the first Russian comedy film.

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What happens

The Zealous Batman (Russian: Усердный денщикъ, romanized: Userdny denshchik) is a 1908 Russian short feature silent black-and-white slapstick comedy film. It was the first Russian comedy film. It was partially preserved, without intertitles. The film also pioneered the new form of advertisement: the cinematographer printed cards with film stills. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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