De Greep

De Greep (English: The Grip) is a Dutch silent film from 1909, with a running time of eight minutes which was directed by Leon Boedels.[1] De Greep was produced by Filmfabriek F.A. Nöggerath and is based on the French play La Griffe by Jean Sartène.

De Greep
Publicity photo of De Greep showing Louis Bouwmeester as Jean-Marie Hardouin.
Directed byLeon Boedels
Produced byFranz Anton Nöggerath jr.
StarringLouis Bouwmeester
Ko van Sprinkhuysen
Distributed byFilmfabriek F.A. Nöggerath
Release date
1909
Running time
8 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageSilent

Plot

Jean-Marie Hardouin (played by Louis Bouwmeester) is an old man who once was notorious because of the iron grip he exerted on his family but now he is lame. He whiles away his days in a chair in the house of his son and daughter-in-law. He has to see how his adulterous daughter-in-law plots to murder her two foster children and her husband. Jean-Marie can't intervene and because he can't talk he can't warn his own family. Eventually he gathers all his strengths and strangles her.

See also

Sources
  • (in Dutch) Algemeen Handelsblad, 4 August 1909
  • (in Dutch) F. van der Maden, Mobiele filmvertoning in Nederland 1895–1913, Nijmegen (1981), p. 295
  • (in Dutch) Nijmeegsche Courant, 5 October 1909
  • (in Dutch) H. de Wit, Film in Utrecht van 1895 tot 1915, Utrecht (1986); Annex: p. 133
  • (in Dutch) De Kinematograaf, No. 102, 1 January 1915
  • (in Dutch) De Kinematograaf, No. 105, 22 January 1915
  • (in Dutch) De Kinematograaf, No. 121, 14 May 1915
  • G. Donaldson, Of Joy and Sorrow. A Filmography of Dutch Silent Fiction, Amsterdam (1997), p. 75

References
  1. Leon Boedels Archived 2011-10-17 at the Wayback Machine, EYE Film Institute Netherlands


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