Serpentinen Tanz

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name = Serpentinen Tanz


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director = Max Skladanowsky
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cinematography = Max Skladanowsky
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released = November 1 1895
runtime = 6 seconds
country = Germany
language = Silent
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"Serpentinen Tanz" (also known as "Serpentine Tanz") is an 1895 German short black-and-white silent documentary film, directed and produced by Max Skladanowsky, one of the German-born brothers responsible for inventing the bioskop.

It was one of a series of films produced to be projected by a magic lantern and formed part of the Wintergarten Performances, the first projections of film in Europe to a paying audience. The film titles for the initial program were: Italienischer Bauerntanz, Komisches Reck, "Serpentinen Tanz", Der Jongleur Paul Petras, Das Boxende Känguruh, Akrobatisches Potpourri, Kamarinskaja, Ringkampf and Apotheose. Each film lasted approximately 6 seconds and would be repeated several times. [ cite web |url=http://www.victorian-cinema.net/skladanowsky.htm |title=Max Skladanowsky |work=Who's Who of Victorian Cinema |accessdate=2007-04-12 |format=HTML ]

In 1995 this film was incorporated into Gebrüder Skladanowsky a drama telling the story of the Skladanowsky Brothers and the early days of German film projection..

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