The Slave Market
About The Slave Market
A pasha sits on a mat in front of a round tent, under a flag with Saturn-Film's eight-pointed star, and smokes a water pipe while he waits to buy girls. A servant calls the seller and two helpers, who bring four girls in patterned burnooses. Three are undressed and sent into the tent. The fourth is sent back with the helpers. The pasha and the seller argue over the price, and the seller leaves.
Cast & crew
More about The Slave Market
Johann Schwarzer directed the short in 1907 for his Saturn-Film company in Vienna. The German title is Am Sklavenmarkt. The negative is 50 meters, about 160 feet, which runs about three minutes.
Themes
Making
Schwarzer shoots the sale in one outdoor setup: tent, mat, pipe, and the line of girls. The star flag puts the company mark in the first view.
Preservation
A print of the 50-meter short survives.
Notes
- The eight-pointed star on the flag by the tent is the Saturn-Film mark.
- Wikidata classes the short as a pornographic film.
- The first girl is stripped and sent inside. The second is bared to the waist. The third is undressed by the helpers. The fourth is refused.
- The last action is the price argument, not a scene inside the tent.
Scenes
- The pasha claps, and the seller's two helpers bring four girls up to the tent.
- Three are sent inside. The fourth goes back with the helpers.
- Seller and pasha haggle, and the seller walks off.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-sklavenmarkt-aka-the-slave-market)
