[Ruines d’Égypte. Louxor]
(1913)
Production: Pathé Frères – Lenght: 40m –



The film:

A small gauge educational film about the Ancient Egypt introduced by the Pathé catalogue for the first domestic screenings at the beginning of the Twentieth century.

Two travelers – one wearing western clothes and the other dressed in Asian style – cover the Luxor Ruins, the Thebes of the Ancient Greece. The two men visit the Temple of Amon: the colonnade, the great court with the peristyle of Ramses II, the Avenue of the Sphynxes. Some images of the monumental pillar of the Edfu Temple, dedicated to the god Horus, have been inserted among the scenes filmed in the Luxor Temple.

 

The digital process: 

On 1 November 1912 Pathé, one of the world’s biggest film companies, launched its first home cinema system – a parlour projector for a family audience, curiously resembling a Singer sewing machine. Its advertising slogan ran: “KOK: Cinema in your own home! Joy for grown-ups! Happiness for children!”. The 28mm Cinématographe de Salon KOK projector was the first successor to the magic lantern, which had long been popular among the rich bourgeoisie and aristocratic families.

 

[Ruines d’Égypte] was digitized in 2017 through a partnership involving the film archives of Turin, Toulouse, and Limoges, starting with the films from the 28mm collection in Turin. Repair work and scanning in 2K were carried out by the Cinémathèque de Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and image-enhancement and finalizing by the Cinémathèque de Toulouse. Our thanks go to the Gaumont Pathé Archives for their help in identifying the films.

 

Link Vimeo Cineteca MNC: https://vimeo.com/696056145

 


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