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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1598

La Pêche aux poissons rouges

18951 minFrance

Synopsis

Auguste Lumière holds his daughter Andrée beside a bowl of goldfish. The child reaches into the water while her father supports her, turning a moment of curiosity into a brief family portrait.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 0:37
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Louis Lumière · Public domain

This copy runs shorter than the reference runtime. Editing and playback speed can differ between editions.

DirectorsLouis Lumière

Historical context

Louis Lumière photographed his brother and niece for a short included in the first commercial Paris program of December 1895.

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