Bolesław Matuszewski
Bolesław Matuszewski (August 19,[1] 1856 Pińczów, Congress Poland, Russian Empire – c.1943 or 1944;[2] in French texts Boleslas Matuszewski) was a Polish cameraman and employee of the Lumière company. In 1897, after assuming the position of photographer to Tsar Nicholas II,[3] he used the Lumières' Cinématographe to record the official visit to St. Petersburg, of the French President Félix Faure. After the visit, Otto von Bismarck accused Faure of not baring his head before the Russian flag on his disembarkation. However, this accusation was shown to be false based on Matuszewski's documentary.
Matuszewski wrote two of the earliest texts on cinema: Une nouvelle source de l'histoire (Paris, 1898) and La photographie animée (1898). Une nouvelle source de l'histoire is recognized today as the first written work to consider the historical value of film and to suggest the importance of Film Archives.
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References
- Boleslaw Matuszewski at Who's Who of Victorian Cinema, Retrieved October 26, 2006.
- Parish records prove the Who's Who of Victorian Cinema contains a mistake showing his baptism date instead of his birthdate.
- Prof. Czeczot-Gawrak's research.
- 100 Years of Cinema: Remembering Boleslaw Matuszewski, Kinema, Spring 2005.
Further reading
- Tadeusz Lubelski Historia kina polskiego. Twórcy, filmy, konteksty, VIDEOGRAF II, Katowice 2009, ISBN 978-83-7183-666-4.
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