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Place Saint-Augustin (1896)

Place Saint-Augustin poster
Genre
short film, documentary film
Country
France
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a very short silent film from 1896. It shows a view of a real public square in Paris called Place Saint-Augustin with its famous church. The film was made by Georges Melies and is now considered lost.

historicalsilentcityscapeobservationalfleetingstarkfactualnostalgic

What happens

Place Saint-Augustin é um curta-metragem mudo francês de 1896, dirigido e produzido por Georges Méliès e lançado pela Star Film. Registrado sob o número 69 do catálogo Star Film, é uma cena de atualidade filmada na Place Saint-Augustin, praça do 8º arrondissement dominada pela Igreja Saint-Augustin. O título é idêntico em francês, inglês e português, sendo o nome próprio da praça adotado diretamente em todas as versões do catálogo. O filme é atualmente considerado perdido. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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