Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood — Season 1, Episode 1: Where It All Began
Documentary • 58 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 7.9/10
Episode synopsis
Highlighting the world's first public presentation of films in Paris, the comedies by Max Linder, Abel Gance's J'Accuse and the onset of World War I.
About Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood
The origin of European cinema, from its infancy as a novelty created by French inventors Auguste and Louis Lumière to its flourishing as the pinnacle of film-making in the silent era and as a serious commercial contender against America.