On a Lonely Island
About On a Lonely Island
Rich fisherman Pieter Boes wants Sijtje de Jong, who loves the poor fisherman Dirk de Vaat. Her father prefers Pieter and damages Dirk’s boat so he will not come back from sea. Dirk reaches a lonely island. He is about to eat his dog from hunger when a foreign ship picks him up. Pieter tells Sijtje that Dirk has drowned, and she marries Pieter. Years later Dirk returns. Sijtje has a daughter, and Pieter, now a drunk, beats her. On a fishing trip Pieter sets his own boat on fire and dies. Dirk tries to save him and is too late. Dirk marries Sijtje and takes the child.
Cast & crew
More about On a Lonely Island
Joseph Delmont directed. Exteriors were shot in mid-1913 on the Dutch island of Marken. The studio scenes were made at the Komet-Film atelier in Berlin, at Müllerstraße 182 on the corner of Sellerstraße. Fred Sauer and Mia Cordes are in the cast with Delmont. The German title is Auf einsamer Insel.
Themes
Making
The sea scenes were shot at Marken, not on a Berlin tank, and the interiors went back to the Müllerstraße atelier.
Music
Silent. A surviving copy carries Dutch intertitles.
Preservation
A print is on the Internet Archive under the identifier silent-auf-einsamer-insel.
Notes
- German Wikipedia names the rich suitor Pieter Boes, the woman Sijtje de Jong, and the poor fisherman Dirk de Vaat. Some later blurbs reverse which man is poor.
- Dirk is on the point of eating the dog when the ship arrives.
- A circulating transfer with Dutch intertitles runs 30 minutes 34 seconds.
Scenes
- Sijtje’s father damages Dirk’s boat.
- On the island, Dirk is about to eat his dog when a ship appears.
- Pieter, drunk, sets his fishing boat on fire.
- Dirk marries the widowed Sijtje and takes her daughter.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-auf-einsamer-insel)