The Fiddler’s Requiem

The old musician playing his fiddle in his garret home dreams of his youth and his lost love. As the past unfolds itself he sees his sweetheart, Dolores, forced by her parents to sign a contract of marriage with Don Carlos, and he again reads over in memory her message of farewell: "My on Love, This is my marriage ever, the death day of my soul. I cannot go without one last farewell to you, whom I will never see again. Wait for ma by the lake until you hear the bells chime. Yours in spirit until death, Dolores." Meeting her at the lake as requested, she gives him her old violin, saying, "I have breathed my soul into this violin. Whene'er it plays, it is my soul that speaks."

Gene Gauntier

Dolores

J.P. McGowan

Dolores' father

Robert G. Vignola

Dolores' fiance

Sidney Olcott

Notary

Alice Hollister

Bridesmaid

Kenean Buel

J.J. Clark

The Fiddler

• Sidney OlcottDirector
• Gene GauntierWriter

Release date

May 3, 1911

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

13m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama