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
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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.
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Cast & Crew.
Udo Kier
Max Skladanowsky
Stefan Barber
Ringkampf boxer
Otto Kuhnle
Emil Skladanowsky
Christoph Merg
Eugen Skladanowsky / Jongleur (Der Jongleur)
Wiebke Bayer
Italienischer Bauerntanz dancer
Nadine Büttner
Gertrud Skladanowsky
Mehmet Ali Ceyhanli
Ringkampf boxer
Bodo Werner Lang
Postbote / Assistant Director
Daniele Drobny
Acrobat
Florian Gallenberger
Self
Rüdiger Vogler
Hochradfahrer
Alfred Sczczot
Spion
Larissa H. Gomez
Italienischer Bauerntanz dancer
Lucie Hürtgen-Skladanowsky
Self
George Inci
Russian dancer
Barbara Rohm
Writer
Jürgen Jürges
Self
Wim Wenders
Director
Marianna Kawka
Josephine Skladanowky
Sebastian Andrae
Writer
Henrick Heckmann
Writer
Hans Moser
Direktor Baron
Veit Helmer
Writer
Thomas Rosié
Direktor Dorn
Brygida Ochaim
Mademoiselle Ancion / Tänzerin (Serpentintanz)
Germán Kral
Writer
Manfred Wopalka
Auguste Lumière
Jürgen Schumann
Louis Lumière
Laurent Petitgand
Composer
Rolf Zacher
Max Skladanowsky (voice)
Peter Przygodda
Editor
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)
Wolfgang Längsfeld
Producer
Stephan Puchner
Assistant Director
Carsten Funke
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 28, 1995
Original NameDie Gebrüder Skladanowsky
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 19m
Genres
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Wiki.
A Trick of Light (German: Die Gebrüder Skladanowsky) is a 1995 German 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.