Rip Van Winkle (1896)

Rip Van Winkle

1896

Synopsis

An abridged version of the tale of Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, who wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where he runs into an odd group of small men drinking and playing. He drinks some of their mysterious brew and passes out. When he wakes up under a tree he is astonished to find that 20 years have passed and things are a lot different.

Credits

Director

William K.L. Dickson

Cast

Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle