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T. ing.: Bloomer and Lea Soldiers; T. fr.: Les Conscrits; T. ol.: Lotelingen; Int.: Raymond Frau (Kri-Kri), Lea Giunchi (Lea); Prod.: Cines 35mm. L.o.: 114 m. L.: 87 m. D.: 4’ a 18 f/s. Bn.
With this and three other films, Kri-Kri broke every record of weekly programming. When this film was released in July 1913, La Cine-Fono criticized it, saying it was only a “foolish copy of a scene from Santarellina [Ambrosio, 1912]”, and unleashing a hard polemic with Frau. Kri-Kri is called up into the army, and Lea takes the heroic decision to don a uniform in order to fol- low him…
Cristina Zanasi
