Overview
A glimpse of the pre-history of cinema starting with the projections of Etienne Gaspard Robert (also known as M. Robertson), who used magic lanterns and other optical illusions to develop the genre of the Gothic phantasmagoria in the late eighteenth century.
Details
Release Date
1985-01-01
Runtime
77 min
Status
Released
Language
FR
Cast
Alexandre von Sivers
Robertson
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