The Blackleg

The Blackleg

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 9, 1919

Runtime

0h 8m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

50%

Original Title

Skruebrækkeren

Production Companies

Nordisk Film Denmark

Director

Lau Lauritzen Sr.

Description

Mr Basse – a cheerful, if somewhat lazy fellow – reluctantly shows up at the employment agency. It soon transpires that he is no good at selling newspapers. Dejected, he is on his way home when he happens to pass by a construction site just as the bricklayers are going on strike. Basse immediately eyes an opportunity to make a bit of money: ignoring the protests of the workmen, he has no problem with becoming a blackleg. But at the construction site, too, not everything goes according to the plan for the unfortunate Mr. Basse. (stumfilm.dk)