
A Trick of the Light
- Released on
Drama, Documentary
•- Runtime
- 79 mins
(15 votes)
A rare gem of cinematic storytelling that weaves docudrama, fictional reenactment, and experimental photography into a powerful, reflective work on the early days of German cinema. The film tells the story of the Skladanowsky Brothers, the German-born duo responsible for inventing the "bioskop", an early version of the film projector.
A rare gem of cinematic storytelling that weaves docudrama, fictional reenactment, and experimental photography into a powerful, reflective work on the early days of German cinema. The film tells the story of the Skladanowsky Brothers, the German-born duo responsible for inventing the "bioskop", an early version of the film projector.
Cast
- Udo Kier
- Otto Kuhnle
- Christoph Merg
- Nadine Büttner
- Lucie Hürtgen-Skladanowsky
- Bodo Werner Lang
- Rüdiger Vogler
- Alfred Sczczot
- Wim Wenders
- Jürgen Jürges
- Germán Kral
- Barbara Rohm
- Florian Gallenberger
- Marianna Kawka
- Hans Moser
- Thomas Rosié
- Brygida Ochaim
- Manfred Wopalka
- Jürgen Schumann
- Rolf Zacher
- Wiebke Bayer
- Larissa H. Gomez
- Michael Krauss
- Diego Patschenko
- Angelika Kraml
- Lali Kovacz
- Leon Jürges
- Lena Rüssman
- Daniele Drobny
- Stefan Barber
- George Inci
- Mehmet Ali Ceyhanli
Director
- Wim Wenders
Producers
- Wolfgang Längsfeld
- Wim Wenders
- Veit Helmer