Lyrical Nitrate

1991 • 0h50m Documentary

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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.

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Director

Peter Delpeut

Screenplay

Peter Delpeut

Cast

Lyda Borelli

Henny Porten

Anni Timm

Release date

2/20/1991

Status

Released

Origin country

NL

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