100 Years of Polish Cinema


50m 1996

Brief Synopsis

Elderly people, one age 100, talk emotionally about prewar films they loved, mostly romances and operettas and stars they adored.

Film Details

Also Known As
Century of Cinema, The
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1996

Technical Specs

Duration
50m

Synopsis

Elderly people, one age 100, talk emotionally about prewar films they loved, mostly romances and operettas and stars they adored.

Film Details

Also Known As
Century of Cinema, The
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1996

Technical Specs

Duration
50m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1996

Released in United States June 1996

Shown at Venice Film Festival (Window on Cinema: 100+1) August 29 - September 9, 1996.

"The Century of Cinema" is a series of personal documentaries commissioned by the BFI to celebrate the centenary of film. For this series, some of the world's leading filmmakers were invited to provide individual interpretations of the history and development of cinema in their countries. The result is a fascinating look at highly disparate national cinemas and 100 years of film around the globe.

The participating filmmakers include: Martin Scorsese & Michael Henry Wilson (USA), George Miller (Australia), Stephen Frears & Mike Dibb (England), Shu Kei (China), Anne-Marie Mieville & Jean-Luc Godard (France), Edgar Reitz (Germany), Mrinal Sen (India), Donald Taylor Black (Ireland), Bernardo Bertolucci & Enrico Ghezze (Italy), Nagisa Oshima (Japan), Jang Sun-woo (Korea), Nelson Pereira dos Santos (Latin America), Sam Neill & Julie Rymer (New Zealand).

The participating filmmakers include: Mohamed Tazi (North Africa), Jean Pierre Bekolo (Sub-Saharan Africa), Sergei Selyanov (USSR/CIS) and others.

Released in United States 1996

Released in United States 1996 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (Window on Cinema: 100+1) August 29 - September 9, 1996.)

Released in United States June 1996 (Shown in New York City (MoMA) as part of series "The Century of Cinema" June 14 & 15, 1996.)