The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art (2021)
Overview
Throughout the 19th century, imaginative and visionary artists and inventors brought about the advent of a new look, absolutely modern and truly cinematographic, long before the revolutionary invention of the Lumière brothers and the arrival of December 28, 1895, the historic day on which the first cinema performance took place.
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| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 0.263 |
Directed By
Stefan Cornic
Crew
Marie Garreau de Labarre
Adrien Guilloteau
Thomas Bordier
Laëtitia Pansanel-Garric
Christine Hamon
Sébastien Bergé
Cécile Bodénès
Gábor Hollós
Matthew Marschner
Thierry Vivier
Benoît Héry
Benoît Héry
Guillermo Fernandez
Guillaume Parrain
Éric Wattinne
Luc Lacoste
Jacques Roudman
Stefan Cornic
Jean-Marie Nizan
TOP CAST
Vimala Pons
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bertrand Lemoine
Self - Architecture Historian
Vanessa Schwartz
Self - Art Historian
Tacita Dean
Self - Artist
Paul Perrin
Self - Painting Curator
Mark Lewis
Self - Artist
Dominique Païni
Self - Film Curator
Marie Robert
Self - Photo Curator
Thierry Frémaux
Self - Institut Lumière Director
Christian Petzold
Self - Filmmaker
Olivier Assayas
Self - Filmmaker
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