The Guinea-Pig

Overview

Jesta’s mischievous and playful manner is driving her father and his new lady friend mad. Finally they have had enough, and Jesta is sent away to a girls’ school, bundled onto the first train available. However, a mix-up occurs at the train station. A professor in dire financial straits, who has finally gotten a young, mentally challenged sent to him for treatment, mistakenly takes Jesta home with him to his clinic – a move he will soon regret … (stumfilm.dk)

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1916

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Production

Neutral-Film,Art-film (Tyskland)

Cast

Asta Nielsen,Alfred Kühne,Fred Immler

Director

Edmund Edel

Writer

Louis Levy

Cinematography

Carl Ferdinand Fischer

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt6273832