Biscot on the Wrong Floor

1916 15 minutes Directed by Jacques Feyder

About Biscot on the Wrong Floor

A drunk Biscot comes back to his building and cannot tell which flat is his. He walks into one apartment after another and is sent out each time. In his own rooms he finds a burglar at work, apologizes, and goes back to the stairs to keep looking.

Cast & crew

More about Biscot on the Wrong Floor

Jacques Feyder wrote and directed the short for Gaumont, with Léon Gaumont credited as producer. The Cinémathèque française lists a French release on January 12, 1917.

Themes

  • A drunk man and his own door
  • Wrong apartments
  • Apologizing to a burglar
  • drunk
  • apartment building
  • stairwell
  • burglar
  • wrong flat

Notes

  • The French title is Biscot se trompe d'étage.
  • Georges Biscot plays the character named Biscot.
  • Kitty Hott is credited as his fiancée.
  • It was released as a black-and-white silent short.

Scenes

  • Biscot walks in on a burglar emptying his apartment, apologizes, and leaves to search the rest of the building.