Deadly Idyll
About Deadly Idyll
Two young peasants in a village are happy together until a fairground theatre plays the fête and the girl leaves with the troupe, mailing her fiancé a goodbye. She becomes a star and listens to an older admirer. Chance makes the abandoned man that man's servant. He recognizes her, tries to strangle her, and flees at her screams, then waits later, leaps on her, and kills her.
Cast & crew
More about Deadly Idyll
Albert Capellani directed André Heuzé's scenario for Pathé, catalogue number 1477. The length is 105 metres. Silent Era and the Italian record give the release as 3 November 1906.
Themes
Preservation
A print exists.
Notes
- The French title is Mortelle idylle.
- Henri Bousquet logged the subject in the August 1906 Pathé supplement.
- A Paris screening at the Théâtre des Gobelins is recorded for 31 August 1907.
- An Italian plot summary has the servant shoot her with a pistol at the end. The Pathé text says he leaps on her and kills her.
Scenes
- She watches the fairground show and sends her fiancé a letter.
- Hired as a servant, he recognizes her and goes for her throat.
- He waits for her walk and kills her.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-mortelle-idylle)
