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Lyrical Nitrate

1991-02-20 Documentary 50mins

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.

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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.

  • Released
    1991-02-20
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    50mins
  • Genre
    Documentary
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    No Language
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  • Production
    Yuca Film

Crew

Peter Delpeut
Director
Peter Delpeut
Writer
Keywords:
amsterdam, netherlands

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Cast

Lyda Borelli

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(archive footage)
Henny Porten

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Anni Timm

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