Lyrical Nitrate (1991)

Compilation of film clips from 1905-1915, found footage of silent movies and documentaries from the Jean Desmet Archive of the Netherlands Film Museum. Jean Desmet was one of the first Dutch film distributors. Lyrisch nitraat is a tribute to the craftsmanship of early filmmakers, but also shows the brittleness of old nitrate films. Composed as an opera about love and death, set to music by Bizet, Masek and Puccini.

Released: Feb 20, 1991

Runtime: 50 minutes

Genre: Documentary

Stars: Lyda Borelli, Henny Porten, Anni Timm

Crew: Peter Delpeut (Director), Peter Delpeut (Writer), Menno Boerema (Editor), Jan van Sandwijk (Sound mixer), Paul Veld (Sound Effects Editor)