The Lion Hunt

Overview

"Lejonjakten" is one of five films (three of which are now lost) that were made by students at the University of Lund, Sweden, as a part of their 1908 carnival. The film is a cruel parody on Danish producer Ole Olsen's "Løvejagten" (1907) which was at the time banned in Denmark (due to the fact that a lion and other animals were actually killed in the film) but shown in Sweden. In the student version two actors dressed up as a lion and a kangaroo get shot by hunters, but the hunters themselves soon get arrested by the police, an allusion to a recent conflict between the students and the local police.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 13, 1908

Original language

Swedish

Production

Lundastudenternas karnevalskommitté,K. O. Krantz

Cast

Torsten Rietz,E.G. Sjögren,Gustaf Lundskog,Per Olsson

Producer

Karl Oscar Kranrz

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0236417