(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:

1985

Directors:

Noël Burch

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Production companies:

Channel 4 Television,

Ministère de la culture

Actors:

Himself(archive footage)

Herself(archive footage)

Crews:

Director

Writer

Producer

Music

Researcher