The Grip

Overview

Jean-Marie Hardouin is an old man who once was notorious because of the iron grip he exerted on his family but now he is lame. He whiles away his days in a chair in the house of his son and daughter-in-law. He has to see how his adulterous daughter-in-law plots to murder her two foster children and her husband. Jean-Marie can't intervene and because he can't talk he can't warn his own family. Misfortune, tragic developments, and a fatal ending dominated many of the early Dutch fiction films.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 4, 1909

Original language

Dutch

Countries

Netherlands

Production

Film-Fabriek Anton Nöggerath

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1912369