The Bear Tamer
About The Bear Tamer
A traveling circus hires a bear tamer. He marries the snake charmer Ula-Kiri-Maja. She takes a variety booking. One night he watches a rich man take her home. The bear goes after them.
Cast & crew
More about The Bear Tamer
Alfred Lind wrote, directed, and photographed Bjørnetæmmeren, and played the bear tamer. Det Skandinavisk-Russiske Handelshus produced it. Silent Era lists four reels, 1,103 meters, released 8 May 1912. A timed copy runs 43 minutes.
Themes
Making
Lind built the short feature around his own act and a live bear. The rescue is the animal's, not a second acrobat's.
Look
Alfred Lind photographed the circus and variety scenes as well as directing them.
Preservation
Silent Era lists an incomplete surviving print. A copy runs 43 minutes.
Notes
- Lili Bech plays Ula-Kiri-Maja. Peter Fjelstrup plays the man-about-town. Richard Jensen is the ballet master. Holger-Madsen is in the company.
- Silent Era lists the surviving print as incomplete.
- The Danish title is Bjørnetæmmeren.
- Lind is on both sides of the camera and in the ring.
Scenes
- The tamer watches a rich man lead his wife out of the variety house.
- The bear goes in after them.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-bjrnetmmeren-aka-the-bear-tamer)
