(What Do Those Old Films Mean?)

Content: 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.

Countries:

France,

United Kingdom

Genres:

TV Movie,

Documentary

Runtime:

156 minutes

Year:

1986

Directors:

Noël Burch

Production companies:

Channel 4 Television,

Ministère de la culture

Actors:

Crews:

Director

Writer

Producer

Music

Researcher