Lyrical Nitrate

Lyrical Nitrate

50 mins | Documentary | Feb. 20, 1991

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.

Lyrical Nitrate

50 mins | Documentary | Feb. 20, 1991

Lyrical Nitrate
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Yuca Film
Original title Lyrisch nitraat
Directors Peter Delpeut
Writers Peter Delpeut

Cast

Lyda Borelli

as (archive footage)

Henny Porten

as (archive footage)

Anni Timm

as (archive footage)