A Lively Dream
About A Lively Dream
A young man practices circus tricks in his room, then takes them into the street. His clumsy rush keeps putting him in the way of the police. He still gets out of the worst of the scrapes. The finish leaves it open whether any of it happened or he only dreamed it.
Cast & crew
More about A Lively Dream
Lau Lauritzen Sr. directed. Alfred Kjerulf wrote it. Hugo J. Fischer photographed it. The Danish Film Institute dates the short to 1916 and describes a tinted 35mm print. The Danish title is En livlig Drøm. Other titles include Ein lebhafter Traum and Der verliebte Gummiball.
Themes
Look
Hugo J. Fischer photographed the short. The institute lists the print as tinted.
Music
Silent.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons as En livlig drøm (1916).webm.
Notes
- Edmond Barenco, Agnes Seemann, and Betzy Kofoed are the listed players. The institute page does not give their roles.
- The screenplay is held at the Cinematheque library on Gothersgade in Copenhagen.
- A Commons file is labeled En livlig drøm (1916), the year the institute uses.
Scenes
- He rehearses the tricks alone in his room.
- On the street he collides with the police.
- The last gag leaves open whether he dreamed the whole outing.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (En livlig drøm (1916).webm)
