Le chat botté

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Director: Albert Capellani | Production Country: France | Year: 1908 | Production Company: Pathé Frères (France) | FLM11344 | Film from the collection of Eye (Amsterdam) - https://www.eyefilm.nl/en

A miller gives his eldest son the mill, his middle son a donkey and his youngest son a cat. The youngest son is bullied for this, but then the cat becomes life-size and together they go out searching for fortune. Through all kinds of tricks, the cat makes its owner's life a lot better.

Een molenaar geeft zijn oudste zoon de molen, zijn middelste zoon de ezel en de jongste krijgt de kat. De jongste zoon wordt hiermee gepest, maar dan wordt de kat levensgroot en samen gaan ze op zoek naar fortuin. Door allerlei listen weet de kat het leven van zijn baasje een stuk beter te maken.

This film is part of the Fantasia of Color in Early Cinema book: https://www.eyefilm.nl/en/about-eye/n...

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