The Rembrandt in Rue Lepic
About The Rembrandt in Rue Lepic
In a brasserie on rue Lepic, a couple buys a painting sold as a real Rembrandt. An Englishwoman who has ordered an absinthe sits on the canvas, and the picture prints onto the seat of her dress. Angry at not being served, she runs. The customers chase her through private rooms and down the street. When she is stopped, the Rembrandt turns out to have been a fake.
Cast & crew
More about The Rembrandt in Rue Lepic
Jean Durand directed this Gaumont comedy. Comptoir Ciné-Location issued it. A French filmography dates the Paris release 17 March 1911, at 114 meters.
Themes
Background
A Gaumont chase comedy released in Paris on 17 March 1911, built around one ruined painting.
Preservation
A print circulates, including a file on Wikimedia Commons dated 1911 in the filename.
Notes
- Clément Mégé plays the buyer. Berthe Dagmar plays his wife. Lucien Bataille, in drag, plays the Englishwoman. Gaston Modot is a painter in a wide hat, among other bits. Ernest Bourbon is in the chase.
- A DVD timing of the 114-meter print is 5 minutes 40 seconds. Wikidata and a Quebec catalogue both say 6 minutes.
Scenes
- The Englishwoman sits on the canvas and runs with the picture stuck to her dress.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Le Rembrandt de la rue Lepic (Jean Durand, 1911).webm)
