Une bataille dans le vieux Stockholm

1897 Documentary 1 minute Directed by Alexandre Promio

About Une bataille dans le vieux Stockholm

Two men in medieval clothes fight in a street dressed as old Stockholm. Onlookers in period dress watch. Alexandre Promio shot the view for the Lumière company.

Cast & crew

More about Une bataille dans le vieux Stockholm

Promio is credited as director and cinematographer. The Swedish title on the surviving copy is Slagsmål i Gamla Stockholm. It runs about one minute.

Themes

Look

Promio holds one view on the costumed fight.

Preservation

A print survives.

Notes

  • The fighters and the crowd are in costume. It is a staged view, not a news event.
  • Promio was a Lumière operator. The company is Société Lumière.
  • The French title on this record is Une bataille dans le vieux Stockholm.

Scenes

  • Two men in medieval dress fight while a costumed crowd watches.