Lyrical Nitrate (1991)

Lyrical Nitrate (1991)

1991-02-20 Netherlands 50 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Lyda Borelli is (archive footage)
(archive footage)
Henny Porten is (archive footage)
(archive footage)
Anni Timm is (archive footage)
(archive footage)