Départ de Jérusalem en chemin de fer

Départ de Jérusalem en chemin de fer
Directed by Alexandre Promio
Produced by Auguste and Louis Lumière
Distributed by Auguste and Louis Lumière
Release dates
 1897
Country France
Language Silent film
French intertitles

Départ de Jérusalem en chemin de fer (translated into English as Leaving Jerusalem by Railway) is an 1897 film directed by Alexandre Promio and released by the Lumière brothers. Lasting for roughly 50 seconds, it shows the goodbyes of many passersby - first Europeans, then Palestinian Arabs, then Palestinian Jews - as a train leaves Jerusalem.

Legacy

Leaving Jerusalem by Railway contains what is possibly the first depiction of motion in the history of film. Some instead credit The Haverstraw Tunnel with this innovation, but only the year of release is available for the two; therefore it is unknown which came first.

The film holds the rare distinction of being among the 19th century films voted for in the British Film Institute's decennial Sight & Sound poll: director Patrick Keiller ranked it one of the 10 greatest motion pictures ever made.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Leaving Jerusalem by Railway: 1897, France". British Film Institute. Retrieved 14 February 2015.


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