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Lumière!
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Title: Lumière!

Release Date: 7 Jun 2016

Runtime: 1h 30m

Genre: Documentary, History

Director: Sorties d'Usine Productions, CNC, Institut Lumière

Production Companies: Sorties d'Usine Productions, CNC, Institut Lumière

Overview: A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.

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Average Vote: 8 (65 votes)

Cast

  • Self - Narrator (voice): Thierry Frémaux
  • Self: Martin Scorsese
  • Self (archive footage): Auguste Lumière
  • Self (archive footage): Louis Lumière
  • Self (archive footage): Andrée Lumière
  • Self (archive footage): Marguerite Lumière
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