Cast
Joris Ivens
Flaming Arrow
P
Peter Ivens
Black Eagle
D
Dorothea Ivens
H
Hans Ivens
J
Jacoba Ivens
T
Theodora Ivens
W
Willem Ivens
MovieAdventureDramaWestern
The Flaming Arrow
19120h 8m5.0Directed by Joris Ivens
At the age of 14 Joris Ivens was fond of Cowboys and Indians stories, so he decided to invent one himself. He made a script and used a camera from his father's shop. This became his first film, Wigwam, with his own family as cast. Black Eagle, a bad Indian, kidnaps the daughter of a farmer's family. Flaming Arrow, played by the young director, saves the child from the kidnapper and brings her back to her family. No better conclusion than smoking a peace pipe. Although filmed in the spring of 1912, the film had a theatrical release in December 1915.
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