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

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.

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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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