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The First Film

1982 · 9 min

A quiet, cerebral experiment that asks you to watch the same moment from shifting angles and think about how images make history.

Directed by
Józef Piwkowski
Genres
History, Animation
Starring
Andrzej Falber, Péter Vajda, Bożena Rogalska
Overview
Experimental Polish short in which "Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory" from 1895 is reenacted and shown from different points of view.

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Directed by
Józef Piwkowski
Genres
History, Animation
Starring
Andrzej Falber, Péter Vajda, Bożena Rogalska
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    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • art
    • memory
    • technology
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    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance0
    Tension1
    Darkness2
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight2

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    Genres
    history, animation
    Directed by
    Józef Piwkowski
    Written by
    Józef Piwkowski
    Starring
    Andrzej Falber, Péter Vajda, Bożena Rogalska
    Cinematography
    Józef Piwkowski
    Runtime
    9 min
    Country
    Poland
    Languages
    No Language

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