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The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art
7.2 / 10• 2021• 53m•NR• French
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Vimala Pons
Self - Narrator (voice)
Lead
Bertrand Lemoine
Self - Architecture Historian
VS
Vanessa Schwartz
Self - Art Historian
Tacita Dean
Self - Artist
PP
Paul Perrin
Self - Painting Curator
ML
Mark Lewis
Self - Artist
DP
Dominique Païni
Self - Film Curator
MR
Marie Robert
Self - Photo Curator
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stefan Cornic's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
