Panoramas of War

Panoramas of War

52 mins | Documentary, History | Sept. 27, 2018

The end of the Franco-Prussian war (1870-71) saw the birth of the panoramas of war, huge circular paintings depicting scenes of war, cruelty and desolation that were contemplated by thousands of spectators, a kind of inmersive static newsreels, a mass media prior to the era of mass media, a virtual reality on canvas.

Panoramas of War

52 mins | Documentary, History | Sept. 27, 2018

Panoramas of War
The end of the Franco-Prussian war (1870-71) saw the birth of the panoramas of war, huge circular paintings depicting scenes of war, cruelty and desolation that were contemplated by thousands of spectators, a kind of inmersive static newsreels, a mass media prior to the era of mass media, a virtual reality on canvas.
Producers France Télévisions, Saarländischer Rundfunk, Ere Production, Mirabelle TV
Original title Panoramas de guerre
Directors Rüdiger Mörsdorf
Writers Christian Monzinger, Rüdiger Mörsdorf

Cast

Florian Wormser

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Yadegar Asisi

as Self - Artist

Adrien Moser

as Self - Art Collector

Dominik Bartmann

as Self - Art Historian

Jean-Pierre Klein

as Self - Researcher

François Robichon

as Self - Art Historian