

The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art
2021, French. Directed by Stefan Cornic.
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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- 0h 53m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Stefan CornicDirector
- Vimala PonsSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Bertrand LemoineSelf - Architecture Historian
- Vanessa SchwartzSelf - Art Historian
- Tacita DeanSelf - Artist
- Paul PerrinSelf - Painting Curator
- Mark LewisSelf - Artist
- Dominique PaïniSelf - Film Curator
- Marie RobertSelf - Photo Curator
- Thierry FrémauxSelf - Institut Lumière Director
- Christian PetzoldSelf - Filmmaker
- Olivier AssayasSelf - Filmmaker
Details
- Released
- 17 October 2021
- Original title
- L’Œil, le pinceau et le cinématographe : naissance d'un art
- Country
- France
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Who directed The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art?
The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art (2021) was directed by Stefan Cornic and stars Vimala Pons, Bertrand Lemoine, Vanessa Schwartz.