Lumière & Company
“Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors”
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
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Cast
21 people
Jeff Alperi
Policeman (segment "David Lynch")
Sylvia Miles
Known for
Midnight Cowboy
Evil Under the Sun
Romane Bohringer
(segment "Claude Miller")
Known for
March of the Penguins
The Apartment
Bruno Ganz
Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Known for
Downfall
The House That Jack Built
Ticky Holgado
(segment "Claude Lelouch")
Known for
Delicatessen
A Very Long Engagement
Alan Rickman
(segment "John Boorman")
Known for
Die Hard
Love Actually
Liam Neeson
(segment "John Boorman")
Known for
Schindler's List
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Stephen Rea
(segment "John Boorman")
Known for
V for Vendetta
Underworld: Awakening
Sven Nykvist
(segment "Liv Ullman")
Lena Olin
(segment "Lasse Hallström")
Known for
Hunters
Nine Perfect Strangers
Pascal Duquenne
(segment "Jaco Van Dormael")
Known for
The Eighth Day
Toto the Hero
Nathalie Richard
Ninon (segment "Jacques Rivette")
Known for
Young & Beautiful
Never Let Me Go
Zhang Yimou Director · Wim Wenders Director Spike Lee Director
Director
Zhang Yimou
Director
Wim Wenders
Director
Spike Lee
Director
Lasse Hallström
Director
David Lynch
Director
Michael Haneke
Director
Arthur Penn
Director
Theo Angelopoulos
Director
Liv Ullmann
Director
Claude Lelouch
Director
Cédric Klapisch
Director
Claude Miller
Director
John Boorman
Director
Youssef Chahine
Director
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Director
Costa-Gavras
Director
Régis Wargnier
Director
Peter Greenaway
Director
Francis Girod
Director
Alain Corneau
Director
Fernando Trueba
Director
Bigas Luna
Director
Patrice Leconte
Director
James Ivory
Director
Ismail Merchant
Director
Helma Sanders-Brahms
Director
Raymond Depardon
Director
Hugh Hudson
Director
Andrei Konchalovsky
Director
Gabriel Axel
Director
Jacques Rivette
Director
Merzak Allouache
Director
Jerry Schatzberg
Director
Vicente Aranda
Director
Jaco Van Dormael
Director
Yoshishige Yoshida
Director
Abbas Kiarostami
Director
Lucian Pintilie
Director
Gaston Kaboré
Director
Nadine Trintignant
Director
Sarah Moon
Cinematographer
Sven Nykvist
Cinematographer
Jean-Yves Le Mener
Cinematographer
Philippe Poulet
Editor
Roger Ikhlef
Editor
Timothy Miller
Costume designer
Françoise Nicolet
United States release March 29, 1996 · Produced in France, Denmark, Spain, Sweden · Languages Chinese, Danish, English, French, Greek, Japanese, Norwegian, Persian, Swedish
Production
Cinétévé
Production
La Sept-Arte
Production
Igeldo Komunikazioa S.L.
Production
Søren Stærmose
Production
France · Denmark · Spain · Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Lumière et Compagnie
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Chinese · Danish · English · French · Greek · Japanese · Norwegian · Persian · Swedish
Release dates
France · December 20, 1995
Theatrical
United States · March 29, 1996
Theatrical
Argentina
November 13, 1996 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Finland
July 24, 1996 · TV
France
December 28, 1995 · TV
Japan
September 19, 1997 · Physical
Poland
January 1, 1998 · Theatrical
Spain
April 26, 1996 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 10, 1996 · Theatrical
Türkiye
April 19, 1999 · Premiere · Istanbul Film Festival
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