Film Record: Kris, The

Still from The Kris via EAFA

Identifier:

• 2673 (Source: East Anglian Film Archive)

Date produced: 1931

Filmmaker(s):

Geoffrey Collyer

Production credits:

• Norman Jenkins, Assistant Director
• Horace H. Hughes, Camera
• Robert Braun, Continuity
• Eric G. Notley, Electrician

Country of Production:

United Kingdom

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:23:09

Length:

600 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Tinted

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

The winning entry for the ‘Era’ Challenge Cup in 1931.

Description:

"Drama. Malaya, in colonial days. A narcotics dealer (himself an addict and drunkard) kills his native supplier with his own wavy-bladed kris. Later, the drug-buyer is killed at the moment of threatening violence himself. The kris is found behind the curtains. A case of retribution?" (EAFA Database).

Resources:

IAC Film Library Catalogue (Silent and Sound). Institute of Amateur Cinematographers, 1975.

Club Affiliation:

Ace Movies

Genre:

• Melodrama

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive

Video Link:

• eafa.org.uk

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