- Partie de cartes
Infobox Film
name = Partie de cartes
image_size =
caption = The poster advertising the Lumière brothers cinematographe
director =Louis Lumière
producer = Louis Lumière
writer =
narrator =
starring = "Antoine Féraud"
music =
cinematography = Louis Lumière
editing =
distributor =
released = 1895
flagicon|Finland July, 1896
runtime = 43 seconds
country =France
language = Silent
budget =
gross =
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followed_by =
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imdb_id = 0000026"Partie de cartes" (also known as "Card Game" and "The Messers. Lumière at Cards" (USA), or "A Quiet Game of
Écarté " [http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/Partiedecarte1895.html] ) is an 1895 French shortblack-and-white silentdocumentary film directed and produced byLouis Lumière and starring "Antoine Féraud".Production
It was filmed by means of the
Cinématographe , an all-in-one camera, which also serves as a film projector and developer. As with all early Lumière movies, this film was made in a 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1. [ cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000026/technical |title=Technical Specifications |work=Internet Movie Database |accessdate=2007-04-08 |format= HTML ]The production was shot at Villa du Clos des Plages in
La Ciotat , France.Plot
Three older men, wearing hats and smoking cigars, are sitting at a patio. Two of the men are playing cards at a table while the third man sits watching. As the game continues a (younger) waiter walks across carrying a tray with a bottle of wine and glasses on it. The man sitting at the table then proceeds to pour the drinks while the waiter observes the card game.
Cast
*Antoine Féraud (waiter?)
*Antoine Lumière as Man playing cards (uncredited)
*Félicien Trewey as Man playing cards (uncredited)
*Alphonse Winckler as Man playing cards (uncredited)Current status
Given its age, this short film is available to freely download from the Internet. It has also featured in a number of film collections including "Landmarks of Early Film volume 1" and "The Movies Begin - A Treasury of Early Cinema, 1894-1913". [ cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000026/sales |title=Merchandise |work=Internet Movie Database |accessdate=2007-04-08 |format= HTML ]
References
External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBQ9wAAW_zs Complete Movie] on
Youtube (note this video forms part of a larger selection of The Lumière Brothers' First Films)
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