Het geheim van het slot arco
Encyclopedia
Het geheim van het slot Arco is a 1915
Dutch
silent
drama film
horror directed by Maurits Binger
and Jan van Dommelen
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The English title is: The secret of castle Arco, the film consist of a Dutch cast while the production site was shot in Austria. The film is considered missing.
The storyline is about a man without a head that haunts the castle Arco in the 16th century. A man in the present day (1914) goes to the castle to find out if the story is true after which he finds something strange beneath the old castle floor.
1915 in film
The year 1915 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 8 : D.W Griffith's The Birth of a Nation premieres at Clune's Auditorium Los Angeles and breaks box office and film length records, running at a total length of 3 hrs 10 minutes.* June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors...
Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
horror directed by Maurits Binger
Maurits Binger
Maurits Binger was a Dutch film director, producer and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 39 films between 1913 and 1922 and is considered one of the pioneers of fictional films in the Netherlands...
and Jan van Dommelen
Jan van Dommelen
Jan van Dommelen was a Dutch film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 44 films between 1911 and 1939.-Filmography:* Boefje * De Big van het regiment * De Familie van mijn Vrouw...
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The English title is: The secret of castle Arco, the film consist of a Dutch cast while the production site was shot in Austria. The film is considered missing.
The storyline is about a man without a head that haunts the castle Arco in the 16th century. A man in the present day (1914) goes to the castle to find out if the story is true after which he finds something strange beneath the old castle floor.
Cast
- Jan van DommelenJan van DommelenJan van Dommelen was a Dutch film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 44 films between 1911 and 1939.-Filmography:* Boefje * De Big van het regiment * De Familie van mijn Vrouw...
- Tilly Lus
- Willem van der VeerWillem van der VeerWillem van der Veer was a Dutch film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 32 films between 1913 and 1937.-Filmography:* De man zonder hart * Op hoop van zegen...
- Constant van Kerckhoven jr
- Co Balfoort
- Louis van Dommelen
- Caroline van DommelenCaroline van DommelenCaroline van Dommelen was a Dutch film actress of the silent era. She appeared in eleven films between 1911 and 1918.-Filmography:* Ontrouw * De bannelingen * Vrouwenoogen...