() were two short Dutch silent films by

M.H. Laddé M.H. (Machiel Hendricus) Laddé (5 November 1866 – 18 February 1932) was a Dutch photographer and film director. He was the director of the first Dutch fictional film, the 1896 comedy ''Gestoorde hengelaar'' (English: ''Disturbed Angler'').< ...

and J.W. Merkelbach from 1900 and 1906, respectively, featuring the comedians

Lion Solser Abraham (Lion) Solser (6 February 1877 in Rotterdam – 3 August 1915 in Rotterdam) was a Dutch comedian and early film actor of the late 19th and early 20th century. He was born to Johannes Solser (van der Vank) and Engelina Florina Hartloop ...

and

Piet Hesse Piet Hesse (26 December 1872 – 4 March 1936) was a Dutch comedian of the late 19th and early 20th century. He collaborated with Lion Solser. Together they featured in the 1896 comedy film Gestoorde hengelaar by M.H. Laddé M.H. (Machiel H ...

. Both running for 1 "act", the first film was distributed by Edison's Ideal in 35mm film. In 1906, a sequel film was commissioned by The Royal Bioscope for release of July 1, 1906. It was produced by F.A. Nöggerath Senior at Filmfabriek F.A. Nöggerath. It was also important, in that it made use of Sound On-Disk. Both films are

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, no copies or visual media of the films are known to exist in the

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archives in the Netherlands. The pictures showed the team in fictional dramatizations of their popular stage plays that they had grown so famous for.

Sources

* Wereldkroniek, October 1936, pp. 1662–63

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''Solser en Hesse''
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