Rigadin Has a Sensitive Soul
About Rigadin Has a Sensitive Soul
Rigadin reads that chickens have been run down and cannot face the chicken on his own plate. Out walking, he hands money, then the clothes off his back, to beggars who laugh once he has passed. He even tries to dress a statue. At home he takes in a dog so the pity has somewhere to go.
Cast & crew
More about Rigadin Has a Sensitive Soul
Pierre Delcourt wrote the scenario. Georges Monca directed for SCAGL, and Pathé Frères distributed. The Cinémathèque française dates the French release 7 April 1911. A French filmography gives 165 meters, about 5 minutes 30 seconds, 35mm, black and white, French intertitles. The English series name for Prince in this short is Whiffles.
Themes
Reviews
Writing as Cineanalyst about the Edition Filmmuseum disc, a reviewer called the short an insult to charity: the poor laugh at Rigadin, and he ends by adopting a dog.
Music
Silent, with French intertitles.
Notes
- The French title is Rigadin a l'âme sensible.
- Gabrielle Chalon, Andrée Marly, Gaby Briand, and Édouard Delmy are on the cast list with Prince.
- Edition Filmmuseum included the short on the two-disc set Screening the Poor.
- Ciné-Journal no. 136 is cited in the French filmography’s bibliography.
Scenes
- He turns away his chicken dinner after reading that chickens have been run over.
- He tries to put clothes on a statue.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-rigadin-a-lme-sensible)
- Edition Filmmuseum DVD, Screening the Poor
