Dark theme:

Brothers Skladanowsky

Die Gebrüder Skladanowsky (1995)

Drama, Biographical, Documentary | Germany

Director: Wim Wenders

Where to watch

Streaming

YouTube

12/12/2022

Curzon Home Cinema

26/05/2023

Rating: 6.8/10

User rating: 7.8/10
(4 votes)

SYNOPSIS

A rare gem of cinematic storytelling that weaves docudrama, fictional reenactment, and experimental photography into a powerful, reflective work on the early days of German cinema. The film tells the story of the Skladanowsky Brothers, the German-born duo responsible for inventing the "bioskop", an early version of the film projector.

Actors

Voice: Rolf Zacher

Writer: Sebastian Andrae, Henrick Heckmann

Producer: Veit Helmer, Wolfgang Längsfeld

RUNTIME: 79 min

Photos

Reviews

No reviews

RECOMMENDATIONS

Men of Honor (2000)

The story ultimately revolves around two "men of honor"; their relationship, their individual and joint failures and triumphs. Carl Brashear is determined to be...
Erin Brockovich (2000)

Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a...
Something the Lord Made (2004)

Alfred Blalock (1899-1964), a cardiologist (therefore, self-confident to the point of arrogance), leaves Vanderbilt for Johns Hopkins taking with him his lab...
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

Dallas 1985. Electrician and sometimes rodeo bull rider Ron Woodroof lives hard, which includes heavy smoking, drinking, drug use (primarily cocaine) and casual...
A Beautiful Mind (2001)

From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash, Jr. experienced it all. A mathematical genius, he made an astonishing discovery early...
The King's Speech (2010)

Tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the...
Gia (1998)

When Gia Carangi first arrives in New York City, she's a beautiful drop-out from Philadelphia brashly bursting through the closed doors of top modeling agent...
Path to War (2002)

A portrayal of the Johnson presidency and its spiraling descent into the Vietnam War. Acting on often conflicting advice from his Secretary of Defense, Robert...
Hemingway and Gellhorn (2012)

Powerful drama that recounts one of the great love stories of the 20th century: the relationship between literary giant Ernest Hemingway and trailblazing war...
The Gathering Storm (2002)

In the 1930s, Winston Churchill was out of government, sitting as a backbench MP. His was a lonely voice warning about German rearmament and the coming of a...
Jackie (2016)

JACKIE is a searing and intimate portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady,...
The Greatest Showman (2017)

Orphaned, penniless but ambitious and with a mind crammed with imagination and fresh ideas, the American Phineas Taylor Barnum will always be remembered as the...