Zigoto's Outing with Friends
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About Zigoto's Outing with Friends
Zigoto (Lucien Bataille), bored with a book, takes his friends out in a new car the titles call a 101-horsepower machine. He is not watching when Berthe Dagmar drives it off. The car then smashes through whatever is in the way.
Cast & crew
More about Zigoto's Outing with Friends
Jean Durand directed. The French title is Zigoto promène ses amis. Gaumont produced it in 1912. A Gaumont DVD timing is 5 minutes. Gaston Modot and Édouard Grisollet are in the cast with Dagmar, who was Durand's wife.
Themes
Background
A 1912 Gaumont Zigoto short built around a car that will not stay on the road.
Preservation
Issued on the Gaumont DVD set Le cinéma premier 1907–1916, volume 2.
Notes
- The intertitle boasts 101 horsepower, far above the cars of 1912.
- Berthe Dagmar takes the wheel while Zigoto is looking elsewhere.
- Gaumont included it in the DVD set Le cinéma premier 1907–1916, volume 2. The Cinémathèque française holds that disc.
Scenes
- Dagmar zips away in the car while Zigoto is not looking.
Also available
- Gaumont DVD: Le cinéma premier 1907–1916, volume 2
