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Olaf—An Atom

Olaf—An Atom

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 19, 1913

Runtime

0h 17m

Genres

Drama, Fantasy

Original Title

Olaf—An Atom

Production Companies

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Director

Anthony O'Sullivan

Description

Broken by grief after his mother's death, Olaf becomes a wanderer. He is treated cruelly until he is given a meal by a woman at the homestead where she lives with her husband and baby. Olaf is able to return her kindness when he overhears a plot to rob the settlers of their home. He alerts the couple and delays the would-be thieves long enough for the husband to file a claim on his land. Olaf is injured by the claim jumpers but he recovers, alone and forgotten by those he has helped. He then moves aimlessly along.