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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1596

Les Forgerons

18951 minFrance

Synopsis

Two blacksmiths work beside an anvil, hammering metal and tending their equipment. A visitor arrives with a bottle and glass, interrupting the labor with an offer of refreshment.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 0:45
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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

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No subtitle track in this language

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 included this workshop scene in the first commercial Paris program of December 1895. The camera observes a compact sequence of work and rest.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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