The Lion Hunt (1908)
"Lejonjakten" is one of five films (three of which are now lost) that were made by students at the University of Lund, Sweden, as a part of their 1908 carnival. The film is a cruel parody on Danish producer Ole Olsen's "Løvejagten" (1907) which was at the time banned in Denmark (due to the fact that a lion and other animals were actually killed in the film) but shown in Sweden. In the student version two actors dressed up as a lion and a kangaroo get shot by hunters, but the hunters themselves soon get arrested by the police, an allusion to a recent conflict between the students and the local police.
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Gustaf Lundskog as Animal |
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Per Olsson as Hunter |
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Torsten Rietz as Animal |
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E.G. Sjögren as Hunter |
| Production | Karl Oscar Kranrz | Producer |
