Calino and his sweetheart coo in a lonely wood. Calino walks through the forest looking for an advertisement for bank presidents wanted. He is caught by horrid brigands, shut up in a tower ... See full summary
Calino et les brigands (1912) Online
Calino and his sweetheart coo in a lonely wood. Calino walks through the forest looking for an advertisement for bank presidents wanted. He is caught by horrid brigands, shut up in a tower and held for ransom. He writes to his father, asking that the latter send him $1.69 and a union suit, otherwise he, Calino, will die in captivity. The father replies, saying that he is just out of ransom money, that "art is long and I am short" and advises Calino to give an imitation of a man escaping from jail. Calino, much incarcerated, wishes that he was a musician so that he could run through the bars. He decides to hide in a mattress and hits the hay most effectively, keeping tabs on the time by the ticking of the mattress. Feigning death by suicide, he almost catches cold in his tongue when he is doused with water. To relieve his loneliness, a snake pays him a visit. Calino shows that he has more pull than an Alderman, the snake finally arriving, by the stretching process to the length of a ...
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Clément Mégé | - | Calino |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Gaston Modot |