Lyrical Nitrate

0h 50m 7.0/10

Overview

Compilation of film clips from 1905-1915, found footage of silent movies and documentaries from the Jean Desmet Archive of the Netherlands Film Museum. Jean Desmet was one of the first Dutch film distributors. Lyrisch nitraat is a tribute to the craftsmanship of early filmmakers, but also shows the brittleness of old nitrate films. Composed as an opera about love and death, set to music by Bizet, Masek and Puccini.

Director

Peter Delpeut

Top Billed Cast

Henny Porten

Henny Porten

(archive footage)

Lyda Borelli

Lyda Borelli

(archive footage)

Anni Timm

(archive footage)

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