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The Arrival of a Train

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Short Film
1896
1m
French
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A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.
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Cast

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Madeleine Koehler
Marcel Koehler
Mrs Auguste Lumire
JeanneJosphine Lumire
Rose Lumire
Suzanne Lumire
Directed By: Louis Lumière, Auguste Lumière

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jarvis-8710259 says...
9 months ago
Mainly interesting for its historical influence and notoriety. The photography is very well done, considering the limitations of a one-minute shoot with a static camera. The recent 4K remaster really brings out the detail that was captured, and survived all these years, in this film.
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Bradym03 says...
3 months ago
Technically, this is the first 3D movie ever made. Well, in the perspective of the people in 1897 that never saw a film before.
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Maarten Delfgou says...
3 years ago
The original title of the film is L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat.
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Smuainteach-deleted-1476625712 says...
8 years ago
It's easy to imagine people being astonished, even if the well-known legend isn't quite true.
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Zepfanman
3 years ago
This famous film was ACTUALLY MADE IN 1897, Lumière catalogue #653: https://catalogue-lumiere.com/arrivee-train-a-la-ciotat/

People have studied the age of the Lumière children from several of their Ciotat train films and this uncatalogued version is more likely from 1896: youtu.be/1dgLEDdFddk
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