Short synopsis: The end of a melodrama: an elderly man abstains from the marriage to a young girl.
The end of the film. - Long shot: Palm garden of a grand mansion. A young woman descends a stone staircase. An elderly man follows her at a slight distance. At a wooden bench, she meets a young man [frame scan 1]. She sits down; he gives her a letter. Depressed atmosphere. The elderly man stays in the background and observes the scene. / Medium close up: Man and girl on the bench. She gives him a package. / Long shot: The elderly man in the background. / Close up: the man, worried. / Long shot: as before. The woman says goodbye to the young man, she avoids a hug. Depressed, he stays on the bench and cries. The other man walks back to the villa depressed. IT: En dien avond eerst zag Guy de Soubrau in, hoe slecht de daad was, welke hij wilde ten uitvoer brengen. [163 / Majestic-Film / Logo: A G C] / Inside: The elderly man looks in the mirror [frame scan 2] and lowers his head disheartened. / IT: Het verlovingsfeest. [163] / The unhappy young woman [frame scan 3] in her dressing room. Her mother comes along and puts her arm around her. / Welcoming at the palm garden. Festively arranged table. The elderly man says goodbye, thereby seemingly astonishing the guests. / IT: En als in een droom zag het jonge meisje al haar levensgeluck nader bij komen. [169] / The man returns to the table. / IT: Komm, Mevrouw Brosnier, wees verstandig, laat deze beide Kinderen elkander lief hebben, en ick zal Uw beiden dochters en huwelijksgift geven. [172] / The young woman and the young man hug each other. / IT: Ja, dan word ik groostvader... [174] / Everyone sits down at the table in a relaxed way. / IT: Liefde... en Verstand! / The lovers pluck a rose in the garden. / The elderly man at the sea: sunset. A letter in his hands; he lowers his hands holding the letter... / IT: Ende.
Jeanpaul Goergen, Deutsche Kinemathek, 22.10.2008
I would suggest this film is much earlier than 1928; more like 1914. The actress looks like Francelia Billington.
David Lewis, 25.06.2010
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