''Chagall'' is a 1963 short

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directed by Lauro Venturi which focuses on the work of artist

Marc Chagall Marc Chagall; russian: link=no, Марк Заха́рович Шага́л ; be, Марк Захаравіч Шагал . (born Moishe Shagal; 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist. An early modernism, modernist, he was associated with se ...

. It won an

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at the

36th Academy Awards The 36th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1963, were held on April 13, 1964, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Jack Lemmon. Best Picture winner '' Tom Jones'' became the only f ...

in 1964 for Documentary Short Subject. The

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preserved ''Chagall'' in 2008.

Cast

Vincent Price Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, art historian, art collector and gourmet cook. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price has two stars on the Hollywood Wal ...

as narrator (voice) *

as himself

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* 1963 films 1963 documentary films 1963 short films 1963 independent films 1960s French-language films 1960s English-language films 1960s short documentary films American short documentary films Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners American independent films Marc Chagall Documentary films about visual artists 1960s multilingual films 1960s American films {{art-documentary-film-stub