Lyrical NitrateMovie
Compilation of film clips from 1905-1915, found footage of silent movies and documentaries from the Jean Desmet Archive of the Netherlands Film Museum. Jean Desmet was one of the first Dutch film distributors. Lyrisch nitraat is a tribute to the craftsmanship of early filmmakers, but also shows the brittleness of old nitrate films. Composed as an opera about love and death, set to music by Bizet, Masek and Puccini.
About Lyrical Nitrate
Lyrical Nitrate is a 1991 documentary movie directed by Peter Delpeut.
The production information lists a runtime of 50m, production credits from Netherlands, an original language code of NL.
The credited cast includes Lyda Borelli, Henny Porten, Anni Timm. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
