Romance with a Double Bass (1911)
- Original title
- Роман с контрабасом
- Directed by
- Kai Hansen
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Russian Empire
- Runtime
- 8 min
- Rating
- 4.9 of 10 from 7 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.
How it feels
This silent comedy short follows a musician whose double bass gets involved in a series of mishaps. Based on a Chekhov story, it shows a day when a simple performance goes wrong.
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What happens
Romance with Double-Bass is a Russian silent comedy short film released in 1911. Directed by Kai Hanson, it is based on the 1886 short story of the same name by the Russian writer Anton Chekhov. The film was released seven years after his death, the time Chekhov thought people would stop reading his work. This is the second film adaptation of Chekhov's writings and the first that has been preserved — the 1909 adaptation of Surgery by Pyotr Chardynin is considered to be lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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