The Private Life of a Cat (1944)

Directed by

Maya Deren, Alexandr Hackenschmied

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

22 min

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This black and white experimental documentary follows a female cat as she gives birth to kittens and the kittens grow up. The film shows the everyday activities and development of the cat family in a close and observational way.

intimateobservationaltenderquietnaturalisticslow-pacedwhimsical

What happens

The Private Life of a Cat is a 1947 black and white experimental documentary film directed by Alexander Hammid with narration by Maya Deren. Archive.org summarizes the film as an "intimate study" of a female cat who gives birth to a litter of kittens and shows their maturation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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