20 December 1906 Comedy 7 mins
Suffering from unrequited love, Max hangs himself from a tree, and ends up hanging for hours while local townspeople squabble over whose responsibility it is to rescue him.
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Louis J. Gasnier Director
France 20 December 1906
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