Zigoto's Honeymoon
About Zigoto's Honeymoon
Zigoto (Lucien Bataille) and Pamela (Berthe Dagmar), married the day before, have eyes only for each other when three friends arrive. The visitors start a card game that turns into a fight. A fire starts in the kitchen and the firemen come. The couple end up in the cellar.
Cast & crew
More about Zigoto's Honeymoon
Jean Durand directed and wrote it. Gaumont produced it. The French title is Zigoto en pleine lune de miel, also La lune de miel de Zigoto. A listed French release is 30 August 1912. The negative length is 132 meters. A DVD timing is 5 minutes 50 seconds. Gaston Modot plays a fireman. Édouard Grisollet plays the friend Léon.
Themes
Background
One of the Zigoto shorts Durand made at Gaumont in 1912, with Lucien Bataille in the title role.
Preservation
A print is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The French Wikipedia lists the running time as 6 minutes and the DVD copy as 5 minutes 50 seconds.
- MoMA's note describes the couple as oblivious to the disasters around them.
- Another title on the print is La lune de miel de Zigoto.
Scenes
- The card game among the friends turns into a brawl.
- Firemen arrive for the kitchen, and the couple are found in the cellar.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (La lune de miel de Zigoto (1912).webm)
