A Burglar for a Night (1911)

Directed by

Bert Haldane

Genre

silent film

Country

United Kingdom

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

An unemployed man robs the house where his girlfriend works as a maid. The film follows the complications that arise from this crime.

lightheartedcomedicold-fashionedplayfulwhimsicalbriskfarcesilent-era

What happens

A Burglar for a Night è un cortometraggio muto del 1911 diretto da Bert Haldane Un disoccupato rapina la casa dove lavora come domestica la sua fidanzata. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.