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Lyrical Nitrate

199150mPeter Delpeut

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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.

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

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What is Lyrical Nitrate (1991) about?

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,…

Who stars in Lyrical Nitrate?

Lyrical Nitrate stars Lyda Borelli ((archive footage)), Henny Porten ((archive footage)), Anni Timm ((archive footage)). The film was directed by Peter Delpeut.

How long is Lyrical Nitrate?

Lyrical Nitrate has a runtime of 50 min and premiered in 1991.

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