Der neue Schreibtisch

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The New Desk
Directed by Karl Valentin
Produced by Peter Ostermeier
StarringKarl Valentin
Release date
1913
Running time
13 minutes
CountryGerman Empire
Languages Silent film
German intertitles

Der Neue Schreibtisch (English: The New Writing Desk) is a short German comedy film made in 1913. In the plot a busy businessman tries to get comfortable at his new desk, so he starts cutting off parts of the legs, but eventually shortens the legs off entirely. [1]

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References

  1. Kapczynski, Jennifer M.; Richardson, Michael David (2012). A New History of German Cinema. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN   978-1-57113-595-7.