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The Eskimo Baby (1916)

The Eskimo Baby poster
Original title
Das Eskimobaby
Directed by
Walter Schmidthässler, Heinz Schall
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
German Empire, Germany
Runtime
1h 02m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent comedy about a baby from a cold region and the mix-ups that follow. The film shows the baby causing trouble for the adults around it.

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What happens

The Eskimo Baby (German: Das Eskimobaby) is a 1918 German silent comedy film directed by Heinz Schall and starring Asta Nielsen and Freddy Wingardh. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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