Film Record: Broken Swastika, The

Identifier:

• AV14/4/V1 (Source: Wessex Film & Sound Archive )

Date produced: 1932

Filmmaker(s):

Robert Torrens

Country of Production:

United Kingdom

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:13:09

Format:

9.5mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Description:

"This film opens when Ann’s swastika necklace arrives back from the jewelers. Next we see Jim and Ann spoon at a beach party, until a jealous tiff causes her to walk off into the arms of a car-owning Lothario. On a nearby heath, Ann escapes from her randy driver and walks off alone. Next day, Jim, learning that Ann is missing, grabs his pistol. On the heath, he finds Ann's swastika on the ground and sees her bound and gagged by gypsies. They get their comeuppance and Jim gets his Ann. Robert G Torrens, the producer, makes a cameo appearance as a gypsy kidnapper in the latter part of this film" (BFI Player Online).

Resources:

BFI Player Online

Club Affiliation:

Crystal Productions Ltd.

Club Affiliation:

Bournemouth Film Club

Subjects:

• Politics
•      War

Genre:

• Melodrama

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Wessex Film & Sound Archive

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