Partie de cartes
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Directed by | Louis Lumière |
Produced by | Louis Lumière |
Starring | Antoine Féraud |
Cinematography | Louis Lumière |
Release date | 1895 July 1896 (Finland) |
Running time | 43 seconds |
Country | France |
Language | Silent |
Partie de cartes (also known as Card Game and The Messers. Lumière at Cards (USA), or A Quiet Game of Écarté[1]) is an 1895 French black-and-white short film directed and produced by Louis Lumière and starring Antoine Féraud.
Plot[]
Three older men, wearing hats and smoking cigars, are sitting at a patio. Two of the men are playing cards (Écarté) at a table while the third man sits watching. As the game continues a (younger) waiter walks across carrying a tray with a bottle of wine and glasses on it. The man sitting at the table then proceeds to pour the drinks while the waiter observes the card game.
Production[]
It was filmed by means of the Cinématographe, an all-in-one camera, which also serves as a film projector and developer. As with all early Lumière films, this film was made in a 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1.[2]
The production was shot at Villa du Clos des Plages in La Ciotat, France.
Cast[]
- Antoine Féraud (waiter?)
- Antoine Lumière as Man playing cards (uncredited)
- Félicien Trewey as Man playing cards to the right (uncredited)
- Alphonse Winckler as Man playing cards (uncredited)
Current status[]
Given its age, this short film is available to freely download from the Internet. It has also featured in a number of film collections including Landmarks of Early Film volume 1 and The Movies Begin – A Treasury of Early Cinema, 1894–1913.[3]
See also[]
- Playing Cards, a film and possible remake made the same year
References[]
- ^ http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/Partiedecarte1895.html
- ^ "Technical Specifications". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
- ^ "Merchandise". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
External links[]
- Complete Movie on YouTube (note this video forms part of a larger selection of The Lumière Brothers' First Films)
- Partie de cartes at IMDb
- 1895 films
- French black-and-white films
- French films
- French silent short films
- Films directed by Auguste and Louis Lumière
- 1890s short films
- Films shot in France
- Films about card games