Der Zehnender

The Ten-Pointer

Julius Neubronner (1852-1932), a chemist and inventor from Kronberg was one of the first people to film in the Rhine-Main region. In 1903 he acquired his first film camera, an Ernemann "Kino" for 17.5mm film with center perforation. With his camera Neubronner recorded historical events as well as the everyday life of his family. Furthermore, he also shot short sketches performed by himself and his family on a stage set-up in the garden of their home. "The Ten-Pointer" shows footage of a staged hunt. A deer made of papier-mâché by painter Kingsley from the local artists' colony is pulled around the scenery as a dummy. It is then shot and hauled on a wagon by the hunting party.