CinemaOSMovie · 2021 · 0h 53m

The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art

72%(6)IMDbDocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

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.

Directed byStefan Cornic

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 53m
Language
FR
Released
October 17, 2021
Studios
ARTEBeall ProductionsMusée d'Orsay

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Vimala Pons

Vimala Pons

Self - Narrator (voice)

Bertrand Lemoine

Bertrand Lemoine

Self - Architecture Historian

Vanessa Schwartz

Self - Art Historian

Tacita Dean

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

Thierry Frémaux

Self - Institut Lumière Director

Christian Petzold

Christian Petzold

Self - Filmmaker

Creative team
Directed by
Stefan Cornic
Produced by
Jean-Marie Nizan

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