Die Serpentintänzerin

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Die Serpentintänzerin
Directed byMax Skladanowsky
Produced byMax Skladanowsky
CinematographyMax Skladanowsky
Release date
  • November 1, 1895 (1895-11-01)
Running time
6 seconds
CountryGerman Empire
LanguageSilent

Die Serpentintänzerin (also known as Serpentinen Tanz) is an 1895 German short black-and-white silent documentary film, directed and produced by Max Skladanowsky, one of the German-born brothers responsible for inventing the Bioscop.

It was one of a series of films produced to be projected by a magic lantern and formed part of the , the first projections of film in Europe to a paying audience. The film titles for the initial program were: Italienischer Bauerntanz, , Serpentinen Tanz, , Das Boxende Känguruh, Akrobatisches Potpourri, , and . Each film lasted approximately six seconds and would be repeated several times.[1]

In 1995 this film was incorporated into , a drama telling the story of the Skladanowsky Brothers and the early days of German film projection.

References[]

  1. ^ "Max Skladanowsky". Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. Retrieved 2007-04-12.

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