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[The Wrestler’s Tragedy]
Also known as The Wrestler’s Tragedy in the USA
(1913) Germany
B&W : Two reels
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
Continental Kunstfilm Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung production. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA by True Feature Film Company in November 1913.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Alex Sandow, wrestler and strong man of the circus, holds in his hand a photograph of his wife and himself. The wife, unable to contend with the vicissitudes of circus life, has left him, taking their baby boy, and sacrificing her happiness in the knowledge that her husband had possibilities of a great future as a wrestler. Unknown to his wife and son. Hans, now twenty-one years of age, fate has directed the circus to the village where they are residing. The customary challenge is issued on behalf of the wrestler, and Hans is persuaded by his friends to accept it. Hans is in ignorance of his relationship to his opponent. The bout commences and Hans is severely thrown. With a thud he alights on his neck, and to the horror of the onlookers, he remains motionless. A hasty examination results in the discovery that he is dead. While the unfortunate mother is being summoned, Sandow sees a locket hanging around his victim’s neck, and he instantly recognizes it as being a present which he gave his wife. Husband and wife meet, and overcome by the awfulness of the tragedy, Alex Sandow dies of heart failure. The last scene of this touching drama shows the unfortunate widow tending the grave of her dear departed.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown) [Germany]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 27 November 2022.
References: Tarbox-Lost p. 146 : Website-IMDb.
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