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  • Ørneægget (1910)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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Ørneægget (1910)
Short | Short, Drama
The beautiful Corsican girl, Marietta, has two ardent admirers, Carlo and Enrico, and it is quite difficult for her to decide which one to accept. She keeps both at a distance. The uncertainty is exciting the two fellows to such a pitch ...See moreThe beautiful Corsican girl, Marietta, has two ardent admirers, Carlo and Enrico, and it is quite difficult for her to decide which one to accept. She keeps both at a distance. The uncertainty is exciting the two fellows to such a pitch that their friendship gradually diminishes and one day Marietta surprises them as they are about to fight with knives as weapons. She is frightened, but her clever and convincing words induce the fellows to agree to an arrangement which she proposes for settling the matter. High up on one of the rocks where no man's foot has ever rested, an eagle has built a nest. Marietta decides that she will be the wife of the one who first brings her an egg from the nest. Carlo and Enrico are ready to start for the task and Marietta watches them swim through the breakers. Carlo, who is the better climber, arrives at the nest first and takes the egg out of it, but on coming back he forgets all precaution in his hurry, and with one false step misses his hold and falls over the steep rocks to the bottom where Enrico, who is left behind, is on his way. The latter takes the egg out of the dead man's hand and swims back for his reward. The wedding takes place and everybody is happy excepting Enrico, who cannot forget Carlo's tragic death. When the young couple are left together Enrico feels a little easier, but just as he is embracing his young wife the image of Carlo rises between them. Mad with fright and horror, Enrico rushes out of the house down to the sea, and the wife and the mother go to look for him, but they only find his body at the bottom of the rocks. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Viggo Larsen
Cinematographer
Axel Graatkjær
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Updated Mar 7, 1910
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May 28, 1910 (United States)

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