The Wrestler's Wife
About The Wrestler's Wife
A fairground wrestler lives with his wife and two small daughters. A rich woman, struck by him in the ring, takes him as a lover. The wife follows them to the woman's villa and stabs her in the garden. The wrestler stops the servants from grabbing his wife and goes after her.
Cast & crew
More about The Wrestler's Wife
Albert Capellani directed and André Heuzé wrote the scenario for Pathé Frères. The Grimh filmography lists it as Pathé 1550, 150 meters, dated by October 1906, with a French release on 7 December 1906.
Themes
Notes
- The French title is La Femme du lutteur.
- A notice in Phono-ciné-gazette on 15 December 1906 calls the wife a young Bohemian and the lover a foreigner who has taken the athlete's heart.
- French Wikipedia says the couple have two little girls. The period text stresses the wife's stabbing of her rival in the garden.
Scenes
- The wife slips into the villa garden and stabs her husband's mistress.
- He blocks the servants so she can leave, and follows her.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-la-femme-du-lutteur-aka-the-wrestlers-wife)
