Max émule de Tartarin (1912)

• 80%
• 1912
• Comédie

Max relates to Mona, staying for the winter sports in Switzerland, that he killed a magnificent bear on the previous day, but that the dogs ate it, skin and all; but for that, concludes Max, Mona should have had his skin. Mona is sceptical, and insists that Max shall shoot another bear. Regretting his imagination, Max obeys her bequest to sally forth. The climb up the mountain damages his silk hat and his temper, and when he encounters a hideous creature with long horns (Mona's father in disguise), he falls from the top to the bottom in sheer terror. The danger over, he ponders the situation thoughtfully, and enters a shop on his way back to the hotel. Here he buys a magnificent skin, which he proudly presents to Mona. But he forgets the ticket. Mona discovers within five minutes that the skin is "Best goat: price 17s. 6d.