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  • The Silversmith to King Louis XI (1910)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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The Silversmith to King Louis XI (1910)
Short | Short, Drama
John d'Estouteville is in love with the beautiful Marie de St. Vallier, goddaughter of the King. Owing to their different stations, the young lovers find it difficult to see each other. John, however, manages to send a note to the Princess...See moreJohn d'Estouteville is in love with the beautiful Marie de St. Vallier, goddaughter of the King. Owing to their different stations, the young lovers find it difficult to see each other. John, however, manages to send a note to the Princess Marie, naming a rendezvous for the coming evening. The lovers meet and John gleefully discloses a plan whereby they will in future be able to see more of each other and enjoy each other's society. The plan is carried out. John, disguised and well supplied with excellent recommendations, applies for the position of apprentice to the silversmith to King Louis XI, and is accepted. John is shown in his room, in the attic of the King's palace, and is locked in, according to the custom, in order that he might not be tempted to tamper with the treasure in charge of his master, the silversmith. As soon as all is still in the palace, John arises, forces open the door of his room and climbing out of a turret window, lowers himself by means of a rope to the window of his beloved. The princess is almost overcome with fright at the danger her lover has faced in order to reach her side, but she soon recovers and welcomes him with great joy. Meanwhile the silversmith, who is a victim of somnambulism, steals and hides his own treasure. When he discovers his loss the next morning, he immediately suspects the apprentice, and calling some of the retinue of the palace he proceeds to the boy's chamber. Finding the door broken open, their suspicions are confirmed and they accuse the youth. John is about to deny the charge when it flashes across his mind that by doing so he would compromise his sweetheart, and so for her sake, he pleads guilty to the accusation. He is immediately taken out to be hanged by order of the King. Marie has heard of her lover's danger and immediately resolves to save him: she, therefore, rushes to the spot selected for the execution and confesses her love for John, thus proving an alibi. The King delays the execution and an investigation, and after setting watch discovers the real robber of the treasure, and John is pardoned. The King, in his royal justice, gives him the hand of his goddaughter, the Princess Marie, but in order to punish John for his escapade, declares that the marriage shall not take place until the expiration of one year! See less
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Writer
Honoré de Balzac (novel "Maître Cornélius")
Cinematographer
Raymond Agnel
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Updated Jul 25, 1910
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Jul 25, 1910 (United States)

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