Cabman's Adventure (Polish: Przygoda dorożkarza) is a 1902 silent comedy short film made by Kazimierz Prószyński. It starred Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski and presumably Władysław Neubelt. Released in September 1902, it is one of the two oldest known narrative films made in Poland, with the other being The Return of a Merry Fellow, also made in 1902.
Plot
The driver of a horse-drawn carriage fell asleep in his vehicle. While he was asleep, a group of people, jokingly took his horses and replaced them with a donkey. The driver is woken up by the passenger and is flabbergasted by the change.Stanisław Janicki: Polskie filmy fabularne 1902–1988. Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe, 1990, p. 9, ISBN 978-83-221-0503-0, OCLC 24209334. (in Polish)
Cast Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski as a passenger Władysław Neubelt (presumably) as a cabman
Production Cabman's Adventure was written and directed by Kazimierz Prószyński. It was filmed by him in 1902 in Warsaw, Congress Poland, with a biopleograph, a filming device invented by Prószyński. The film was produced by his company, Towarzystwo Udziałowe Pleograf. It was an experimental film and one of the first films made by him. The film features two characters, a passager played by Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski, and a cabman, whose actor's name remains uncertain, though it is presumed to be Władysław Neubelt. It was the film debut of Junosza-Stępowski. The film was released in September 1902. It is one of the two oldest known narrative films made in Poland, with the other being The Return of a Merry Fellow, also made in 1902, as well as one of the oldest films overall made in the country.
References
External links Cabman's Adventure in IMDb Cabman's Adventure in filmpolski.pl (in Polish) Cabman's Adventure in Filmweb (in Polish)