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Farmer Giles' Visit to London (1909)

Farmer Giles' Visit to London poster
Directed by
Theo Frenkel
Genre
silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A farmer named Giles visits London for the first time. He encounters con artists and swindlers who trick him out of his money.

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What happens

Farmer Giles' Visit to London è un cortometraggio muto del 1909 diretto da Theo Bouwmeester (Theo Frenkel). Giles, un contadino, è in visita nella grande città: Londra lo accoglie con una banda di falsari che lo imbrogliano e di truffatori che lo spogliano. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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