What Do Those Old Films Mean?

11/16/1985

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2hrs 36min

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TV Movie

,Documentary

STORY

Noel Burch’s fascinating and well-made (if at times historically contestable) six-part BBC television series, about early silent cinema in Denmark, England, the Soviet Union, France, Germany, and the U.S., mixes beautiful clips of rare films with various social theories about their significance.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Douglas Fairbanks
  • Mary Pickford

    Director

  • Noël Burch

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Channel 4 Television
  • Ministère de la culture

    Production Countries

  • France
  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English