Birth of Hungarian Film – The Dance (1901)
The first directed Hungarian film footage shot with actors debuted in Uránia Hungarian Theatre of Science on 30 April 1901.These short motion pictures were not stand-alone works but illustrations for a lecture on the history of dance.
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The first directed Hungarian film footage shot with actors debuted in Uránia Hungarian Theatre of Science on 30 April 1901. These short motion pictures were not stand-alone works but illustrations for a lecture on the history of dance. However, all footage featuring the most popular actors of the period has been lost but stills taken during filming have survived – this creative animation short film uses these to present the unknown story of the birth of Hungarian film.
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- Release date
- Oct 18, 2021
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- 0h 12m
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- Language
- Hungarian
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