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Vida y milagros de Don Fausto (1924)

Vida y milagros de Don Fausto poster
Directed by
Carlos F. Borcosque
Genre
silent film
Country
Chile
Runtime
2h
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This silent comedy follows the misadventures of a man named Don Fausto, based on a popular comic strip. The film shows funny situations meant to make audiences laugh.

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What happens

Vida y milagros de Don Fausto ("The Life and Miracles of Jiggs") is a 1924 Chilean animated silent comedy film, the third film of Carlos F. Borcosque which he shot with director Carlos Espejo. It was based on the Bringing Up Father comic strip. It opened at the Septiembre and Brasil theatres of Santiago in September 1924. It was a major success, an "extraordinary comedy" which made audiences laugh. Borcosque was the cinematographer for the film which was produced under his own Estudios Cinematograficos Borcosque. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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