Underplayed Gems

Petrafilmen (1924)

Petrafilmen poster
Country
Denmark
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A silent documentary from 1924 shows the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. It describes how the city's temples and tombs were carved from sandstone cliffs, and how it was lost for centuries before being rediscovered by a Swiss explorer.

historiceducationalquietobservationalinformativenostalgicslow-pacedancientdocumentary

What happens

Petrafilmen er en dokumentarisk optagelse fra 1924 af ukendt instruktør. Første tekst: Staden Petra ligger omtrent midt i mellem Det døde Hav og Akaba. Dens templer og grave, af hvilke de ældste stemmer fra omkring det 5. århundrede f.Kr., er så godt som alle hugget ud af sandstensklipperne. Fra omkring det 4. århundrede e.Kr. sank Petra i forglemmelse og lå ukendt og uddød i omtrent 1500 år indtil det 19. århundrede da den schweiziske forsker Burckhardt genfandt den. Om ekspeditionen og genfundet af araberbyen Petra. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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