The Child Stealers (1904)

Original title

The Kidnapped Child

Directed by

Will Barker

Genre

crime film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

5 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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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

A child is kidnapped. The film shows the crime and its consequences.

silentshortstraightforwardnarrative-drivenold-fashionedmoralisticsimpleblack-and-white

What happens

The Child Stealers also known as The Kidnapped Child or Child Stealing is a 1904 British silent crime film about kidnapping, directed by William Barker and produced by the Warwick Trading Company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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