The Burgomeister | |
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Directed by | Harry Southwell |
Written by | Denzil Batchelor |
Based on | the play The Bells adapted by Leopold Lewis from the play Le Juif Polonais by Erckmann-Chatrian |
Produced by | Harry Southwell |
Starring | Janet Ramsey Johnson |
Cinematography | George Heath |
Edited by | William Shepherd |
Music by | Isador Goodman |
Production company | Film Players Corporation |
Distributed by | Scott Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 56 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | £10,000[1] |
The Burgomeister is a 1935 Australian film directed by Harry Southwell based on the 1867 play Le juif polonais (aka The Bells) by Erckmann-Chatrian, adapted into English in 1871 by Leopold Lewis, previously filmed a number of times. The Burgomeister is considered a 'substantially lost' film, with only one sequence surviving.[2][3]
Southwell had performed the play in Europe, and had previously filmed it in Belgium (1925) as Le juif polonais (The Bells).[4] This silent film version was shown in Australia in 1928.[5][6]