| Description |
1 videodisc (30 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages) |
| Summary |
Done in European expressionistic style, this masterwork of animation features a slender, nude female figure who represents creativity and independence in a world of cruelty and exploitation. The brilliant Czech animator, Berthold Bartosch, created each of the film's 45,000 individual frames working alone for two years to create the first serious, poetic, tragic work in animation |
| Notes |
Based on a book of woodcuts by Frans Masereel |
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Catalogued from the container |
| Credits |
Animator/producer, Bertold Bartosch ; music by Arthur Honegger ; electronic instrument by Martenot |
| Event |
Videodisc release of a film originally created between 1930 and 1932 |
| Notes |
No rating given |
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DVD, region 0, PAL |
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Available to Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Expressionism in motion pictures.
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| Genre/Form |
Animated films.
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Experimental films.
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Short films.
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Silent films.
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Video recordings.
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| Author |
Bartosch, Berthold
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Honegger, Arthur, 1892-1955.
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Martenot, Maurice, 1898-1980.
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Starr, Cecile.
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Masereel, Frans, 1889-1972.
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