Cursed Money
About Cursed Money
Snuders insures his boat The Joanna for far more than it is worth and pays the drunk Verhoff 300 florins to lose it at sea. To make the crew look real he also signs on young Tijen, against the wishes of Tijen's sweetheart Trunski. At sea Tijen finds a paper that gives the plan away. Verhoff locks him in the cabin while he sleeps, sets the fire, and gets off. Tijen dies after he reaches the water. Verhoff spends the money on drink. In a delirium he sees Trunski accuse him of the murder, and he dies.
Cast & crew
More about Cursed Money
Alfred Machin directed and also photographed, with Paul Sablon on the camera. Raoul Morand designed the sets. Hollandsche Film produced it. Kinematograaf Pathé Frères distributed it. Eye Filmmuseum dates the premiere 2 February 1912 and lists France and the Netherlands. A Dutch summary at Eye puts the insurance at 10,000 guilders. Jacques Vandenne plays Snuders. Louis Bouwmeester plays Verhoff. Paul Sablon plays Tijen. Germaine Lécuyer plays Trunski. The Dutch title is Het vervloekte geld. Eye also lists L'or qui brûle.
Themes
Making
Machin staged an insurance fire on a fishing boat and then the drunk's vision of the dead man's girl. Eye holds the Dutch release record.
Look
Alfred Machin and Paul Sablon photographed the boat and the fire.
Music
Silent.
Preservation
A print survives. Eye Filmmuseum catalogues the Dutch release.
Notes
- Germaine Dury plays Verhoff's wife. Maurice Mathieu plays their son.
- The English Eye summary calls the boat The Joanna.
- Other titles on the Eye record include Geldgier, Drama der zee, and Geldzucht.
- Sablon is both the young fisherman and one of the cameramen.
- The 300 florins is Verhoff's fee. The 10,000 guilders is the sum Snuders insures for, in the Dutch summary.
Scenes
- Tijen finds the paper that names the plan, then wakes locked in a burning cabin.
- Verhoff, drinking on the insurance money, sees Trunski accuse him.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Het vervloekte geld (1912).webm)
