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Assassination Of The Grand Duke Serge
''L'assassinat du grand-duc Serge'', is a 1905 French silent short film directed by Lucien Nonguet, and distributed in English-speaking countries under the titles ''Assassination of the Grand Duke Serge'' and ''Assassination of the King of Serbia''. The film is a docudrama dramatising the re-enactment of the assassination of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia that had taken place a few months before in Moscow.Review and link to watch the film: Plot The film is composed of three fixed camera wide shots: 1. An underground vaulted room. group of men talking around a table. In the background, another group of men is mixing chemicals. A man shows a map. Another draws a paper from a box, reads it and points at one of the men wearing a fur coat who stands up and takes a oath. They all swear with him. He is given the bomb. Accompanied by another man, he leaves the room. 2. A snow covered street in front of a palace. Several men walk by. A carriage enters right and stops. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Nonguet
Lucien Henri Nonguet (10 May 1869 – 22 June 1955) was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the first film director and screenwriter of the Pathé company. Biography Lucien Nonguet was born on 10 May 1869 in Poitiers, the son of dramatic artist Josué Nonguet (1831-1881). He was first an actor and director of extras at the theatre, among others at the Châtelet and l'Ambigu. Nonguet was hired on at Pathé in 1901 as assistant to Ferdinand Zecca and director of figuration. This function, which in the theatre consisted of recruiting and directing actors for the needs of a play, was to become the forerunner of the director's job at the beginning of the cinema. Zecca and Nonguet began a series of important collaborations, starting in 1901 with ''Quo Vadis'', based on the eponymous novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz. This was followed by the féérie, ''La Belle au bois dormant'', in 1902. The best known of the Zecca/Nonguet collaborations is the 44 minutes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |