De Greep

De Greep (The Grip) is a Dutch silent film from 1909, with a running time of eight minutes which was directed by Leon Boedels. De Greep was produced by Filmfabriek F.A. Nöggerath and is based on the French play La Griffe by Jean Sartène.

Plot
Jean-Marie Hardouin (played by Louis Bouwmeester) is an old man who once was notorious because of the iron grip he exerted on his family but now he is lame. He whiles away his days in a chair in the house of his son and daughter-in-law. He has to see how his adulterous daughter-in-law plots to murder her two foster children and her husband. Jean-Marie can't intervene and because he can't talk he can't warn his own family. Eventually he gathers all his strengths and strangles her.