Beheading the Chinese Prisoner
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Beheading the Chinese Prisoner |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1900 |
| length | 1 minute |
| Rod | |
| production | Siegmund Lubin |
Beheading the Chinese Prisoner is an American silent film about the Boxer Rebellion from 1900. Directed by Siegmund Lubin , who shot the film in the attic of the Lubin Studios in Philadelphia . The film was inspired by reports of the Boxer Rebellion. The release of the film took place in August of the same year.
action
A Chinese prisoner is beheaded before he is even sentenced. At the end of the film, the executioner shows the audience the severed head of the prisoner.
Background information
The film is one of the first films to deal with the subject of the Boxer Rebellion . A Yellowface actor was used for its realization .
credentials
- ^ Joseph P. Eckhardt: The King of the Movies. Film pioneer Siegmund Lubin. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press et al., Madison NJ et al. 1997, ISBN 0-8386-3728-0 , p. 34.
- ^ John Fullerton (Ed.): Celebrating 1895. The Centenary of Cinema. Libbey et al., London et al. 1998, ISBN 1-86462-015-3 , p. 280.
Web links
- Beheading the Chinese Prisoner in the Internet Movie Database (English)