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Also known as [A Ghost in the Vaults], [The Ghost of the Vaults]
(1910) Denmark
B&W : One reel / 242 metres
Directed by August Blom
Cast: Nikolai Brechling [Fætter Gottlob], Thilda Fønss [Jomfru Ilsebil], Otto Lagoni [Grev v. Hohenstein], Lauritz Olsen [Smeden Ruprecht]
Nordisk Films Kompagni production; distributed by Nordisk Films Kompagni. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA by Great Northern Film Company [?] through Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company? on 24 June 1911: in a split-reel with Jim and Jack (1911).
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? A girl has two admirers, one a blacksmith, whom she prefers, and the other her cousin. Her father, a miser, wishes her to marry the latter, but she refuses. When her true love pays her a visit the father sends his servants to capture the young man, and they put his in a cell. Later, the old man makes his nightly visit to the vault beneath his house, where, in a huge coffin or shell, he keeps his hoarded wealth. The nephew sees the old man go, and follows him. When he has gone, the nephew gets into the great coffin to better obtain the gold. While there, he has a fright on seeing a white-robed apparition in the doorway. It turns out to be the girl he admires, who is walking in her sleep. She chances to touch the rod which holds up the lid of the coffin, and it comes down with a crash, shutting the man in. The noise wakes the girl, and she is naturally distressed at finding herself in strange and unfamiliar surroundings. She faints, but just then her lover arrives. He has found a secret exit from his cell, and going through the opening, finds himself in the vault. To his surprise, he sees his sweetheart there, and is soon at her side. Just then, the father having heard the noise of the falling lid, returns, and when everything is explained, he denounces the nephew. The concluding scene shows the father consenting to accept the blacksmith as his son-in-law.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: (unknown) [Denmark]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 24 November 2022.
References: Mottram-Danish p. ? : Website-IMDb.
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