Thank You, Mr. Robertson

1h 17m
Documentary
7

A glimpse of the pre-history of cinema starting with the projections of Etienne Gaspard Robert (also known as M. Robertson), who used magic lanterns and other optical illusions to develop the genre of the Gothic phantasmagoria in the late eighteenth century.

Cast

Alexandre von Sivers
Robertson

Crew

Pierre Levie
Director

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