The Flaming Arrow
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.
Cast
Joris Ivens
as Flaming Arrow
Peter Ivens
as Black Eagle
Dorothea Ivens
as
Hans Ivens
as
Jacoba Ivens
as
Theodora Ivens
as
Willem Ivens
as
