The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art

53min

Documentary

History

TV 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.

Production Companies

ARTE

Beall Productions

Musée d'Orsay

Cast

Vimala Pons

Vimala Pons

Self - Narrator (voice)
Bertrand Lemoine

Bertrand Lemoine

Self - Architecture Historian
Vanessa Schwartz

Vanessa Schwartz

Self - Art Historian
Tacita Dean

Tacita Dean

Self - Artist
Paul Perrin

Paul Perrin

Self - Painting Curator
Mark Lewis

Mark Lewis

Self - Artist
Dominique Païni

Dominique Païni

Self - Film Curator
Marie Robert

Marie Robert

Self - Photo Curator
Thierry Frémaux

Thierry Frémaux

Self - Institut Lumière Director
Christian Petzold

Christian Petzold

Self - Filmmaker
Olivier Assayas

Olivier Assayas

Self - Filmmaker

Release date

17th Oct 2021

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English, Français, Deutsch