William Tell
About William Tell
Pathé's Guillaume Tell plays Schiller's legend in five scenes: Tell's heroism, the plot, the apple, the death of Gessler, and the Swiss cheering their liberator. Lucien Nonguet directed. Segundo de Chomón photographed it. The catalog stresses painted mountain scenery rather than Swiss locations.
Cast & crew
More about William Tell
French title Guillaume Tell. Wikidata times it at 5 minutes. Wikipedia calls it the first film of Friedrich Schiller's play. Distributed in France by Pathé Frères. 1903.
Themes
In film history
Wikipedia calls it the first film adaptation of Schiller's William Tell.
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Segundo de Chomón photographed the painted Alpine sets.
Notes
- The catalog splits the story into those five titled scenes.
- Scene painters, not a Swiss location shoot, supplied the mountains, according to the catalog text.
Scenes
- Tell shoots the apple.
- Gessler is killed.
- The Swiss cheer Tell.
Influenced by
- Friedrich Schiller's William Tell
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Guillaume Tell (1903).ogv)
