La vida de Jose Rizal (1912)
- Directed by
- Edward M. Gross
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Philippines
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This 1912 silent film depicts the life of Philippine national hero Jose Rizal from his birth to his execution. It was adapted from a stage play and was the first feature film produced in the Philippines.
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What happens
La vida de José Rizal (The life of Jose Rizal), released in 1912, was the first feature film produced in the Philippines. It was however not the first film released in the country—a rival film, El fusilamiento de Dr. José Rizal, was released on August 23, one day earlier. La Vida is a silent film that depicts the life of José Rizal, the country's national hero, from his birth to his execution in Luneta in December 1896. Americans Harry Brown (producer), Charles Martin (cinematographer), and Edward Gross (scenery), founded the Rizalina Photoplay Company in 1912 to produce the film, which was adapted from a 1905 stage play by Gross. Containing 22 scenes, the movie's film had a length of 5,000 feet. The film, together with its rival, garnered financial success and the producers were encouraged to produce other Filipino-themed films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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