A re-discovered film scene from the Cologne of the year 1896 delights the historian. In a French archive surfaced roller containing the first sequence of the film history that had been filmed from three camera perspectives, said the Cologne-based filmmaker Hermann Rheindorf. Martin Koerber of the Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin, has confirmed on request.
The film scenes from the Cologne of the 19th century. Century show, among other things, the former pontoon bridge over the Rhine, which was opened every few minutes for the ship journey. On the detected sequence using a passing paddle steamer.
“for some reason didn’t make it in this scene at the time, to the cinema,” said Rheindorf. His research had Betboo led to the fact that the film had been discovered in the role and in the French national archive restored. The scene is to be seen in his new documentary, “film journey into the old Cologne 2”.
Cologne was back in the early days of the film a leading role, much to the chocolate manufacturer Ludwig Stollwerck (1857-1922). In his order, the first Cologne film scenes, which are among the first of Germany created in 1896.
Stollwerck also ensured that the French film pioneers, the Lumière brothers, gave in April 1896 in Cologne, their first public cinema show in Germany, four months after the world premiere in Paris. Stollwerck was hoping to show short films in candy vending machines and to sell more chocolate.
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