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A Trick of the Light

A Trick of the Light

IMDB:

5.8
A Trick of the Light

Released

11/28/1995

Duration

1h 19m

Genre

Drama, Documentary

Country

Germany

Cast

Udo Kier, Otto Kuhnle, Christoph Merg

Overview

A rare gem of cinematic storytelling that weaves docudrama, fictional reenactment, and experimental photography into a powerful, reflective work on the early days of German cinema. The film tells the story of the Skladanowsky Brothers, the German-born duo responsible for inventing the "bioskop", an early version of the film projector.

Cast

Udo Kier

Max Skladanowsky

Udo Kier

Otto Kuhnle

Emil Skladanowsky

Otto Kuhnle

Christoph Merg

Eugen Skladanowsky / Jongleur (Der Jongleur)

Christoph Merg

Nadine Büttner

Gertrud Skladanowsky

Nadine Büttner

Lucie Hürtgen-Skladanowsky

Herself

Lucie Hürtgen-Skladanowsky

Bodo Werner Lang

Postbote

Bodo Werner Lang

Rüdiger Vogler

Hochradfahrer

Rüdiger Vogler

Alfred Sczczot

Spion

Alfred Sczczot

Wim Wenders

Regisseur / Milchmann

Wim Wenders

Jürgen Jürges

Self

Jürgen Jürges

Germán Kral

Kamera-Assistent

Germán Kral

Barbara Rohm

Tonfrau

Barbara Rohm

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