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Movie

Lumière & Company

Released: December 20, 1995 (1995)

Runtime: 88 minutes

Genres: Drama, Documentary

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

  • Bruno Ganz as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")

    Age at release: 54

  • Ticky Holgado as (segment "Claude Lelouch")

    Age at release: 51

  • Alan Rickman as (segment "John Boorman")

    Age at release: 49

  • Stephen Rea as (segment "John Boorman")

    Age at release: 49

  • Liam Neeson as (segment "John Boorman")

    Age at release: 43

  • Lena Olin as (segment "Lasse Hallström")

    Age at release: 40

  • Nathalie Richard as Ninon (segment "Jacques Rivette")

    Age at release: 32

  • Pascal Duquenne as (segment "Jaco Van Dormael")

    Age at release: 25

  • Romane Bohringer as (segment "Claude Miller")

    Age at release: 22

  • Jeff Alperi as Policeman (segment "David Lynch")

    Age at release: Unknown

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  • Max von Sydow as Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman")

    Age at release: 66

  • Otto Sander as Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")

    Age at release: 54

  • Isabelle Huppert as Narrator (segment Abbas Kiarostami) (voice)

    Age at release: 42

  • Aidan Quinn as (segment "John Boorman")

    Age at release: 36