The Burgomeister

The Burgomeister
Directed byHarry Southwell
Written byDenzil Batchelor
Based onthe play The Bells adapted by Leopold Lewis
from the play Le Juif Polonais by Erckmann-Chatrian
Produced byHarry Southwell
StarringJanet Ramsey Johnson
CinematographyGeorge Heath
Edited byWilliam Shepherd
Music byIsador Goodman
Production
company
Film Players Corporation
Distributed byScott Films
Release date
  • 29 September 1935 (1935-09-29)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
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]

  1. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 171.
  2. ^ "NFSA's Most Wanted". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  3. ^ Huber, Andreas (6 February 2013). "The Burgomeister". lost-films.eu. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  4. ^ "The Bells". australiancinema.info. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  5. ^ ""The Bells" Film". The Daily News. Perth: National Library of Australia. 20 June 1928. p. 8 Edition: HOME (FINAL) EDITION. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  6. ^ ""The Bells"". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 27 June 1928. p. 16. Retrieved 1 September 2021.