A Trick of the Light (1995)
1h 19m
Running Time
November 28, 1995Release Date
A Trick of the Light (1995)
1h 19m
Running Time
November 28, 1995Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.






Currently A Trick of the Light is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Curzon Amazon Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Curzon Home Cinema, YouTube
Streaming in:🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Cast & Crew.

Udo Kier
Max Skladanowsky

Otto Kuhnle
Emil Skladanowsky

Christoph Merg
Eugen Skladanowsky / Jongleur (Der Jongleur)

Nadine Büttner
Gertrud Skladanowsky

Lucie Hürtgen-Skladanowsky
Herself

Bodo Werner Lang
Postbote / Assistant Director

Rüdiger Vogler
Hochradfahrer

Alfred Sczczot
Spion

Wim Wenders
Regisseur / Milchmann / Director / Writer / Producer

Jürgen Jürges
Self / Director of Photography

Germán Kral
Kamera-Assistent / Writer / Assistant Director

Barbara Rohm
Tonfrau / Writer / Assistant Director

Florian Gallenberger
Ton-Assistent / Assistant Director / Writer

Marianna Kawka
Josephine Skladanowky

Hans Moser
Direktor Baron

Thomas Rosié
Direktor Dorn

Brygida Ochaim
Mademoiselle Ancion / Tänzerin (Serpentintanz)

Manfred Wopalka
Auguste Lumière

Jürgen Schumann
Louis Lumière

Rolf Zacher
Max Skladanowsky (voice)

Wiebke Bayer
Tänzerin (Italienischer Bauerntanz)

Larissa H. Gomez
Tänzerin (Italienischer Bauerntanz)

Michael Krauss
Darsteller (Komisches Reck)

Diego Patschenko
Darsteller (Komisches Reck)

Angelika Kraml
Boxerin (Das boxende Känguruh)

Lali Kovacz
Akrobat (Akrobatisches Potpourri) / Ringer (Ringkampf)

Leon Jürges
Akrobat (Akrobatisches Potpourri)

Lena Rüssman
Akrobat (Akrobatisches Potpourri)

Daniele Drobny
Acrobat (Akrobatisches Potpourri)

Stefan Barber
Tänzer (Kamarinskaja)

George Inci
Tänzer (Kamarinskaja) / Ringer (Ringkampf)

Mehmet Ali Ceyhanli
Tänzer (Kamarinskaja)

Sebastian Andrae
Writer / Assistant Director

Alina Teodorescu
Writer / Assistant Director

Veit Helmer
Writer / Producer / Assistant Director

Henrick Heckmann
Writer / Assistant Director

Sorin Dorian Drăgoi
Assistant Director

Peter Fuchs
Assistant Director

Stephan Puchner
Assistant Director

Laurent Petitgand
Original Music Composer

Matthias Lehmann
Assistant Director

Eva Munz
Assistant Director

Carsten Funke
Assistant Director

Markus Hansen
Assistant Director

Björn Kurt
Assistant Director

Peter Przygodda
Editor

Wolfgang Längsfeld
Producer

Britta Sauer
Assistant Director
Media.

Details.
Release DateNovember 28, 1995
Original NameDie Gebrüder Skladanowsky
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 19m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
biography
Wiki.
A Trick of the Light (German: Die Gebrüder Skladanowsky "The Skladanowsky brothers") is a 1995 German biographical film directed by Wim Wenders. The film was made with the students of the University of Television and Film Munich and is a combination of docudrama, fictional reenactment, and experimental photography to show the birth of cinema in Berlin where Max Skladanowsky and his brother Emil built a projector they called the Bioscop.
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