“This collection contains all preserved films by Jan Krizenecky, the first films in the history of Czech cinema.”

“Jan Križenecky (March 20, 1868 - February 9, 1921), a construction technician by trade, is best known as a Czech film director, cinematographer, businessman, and photographer. He became interested in cinema in 1896, when he saw the cinematograph of the Lumière brothers at the Prague hotel <<U Saského dvora>>. With his colleague Josef František Pokorny purchased a cinematographic apparatus and film material directly from the Lumières... He was also renowned as a photographer; he took several thousand photographs of Prague between 1902 and 1915.”

Box contains a booklet in English and Czech (50 pp.) with notes about Križenecky’s life and works facts, digitisation, contemporary press reactions, and full list of the presented films.

Length: 169 minAspect ratio: 4:3, 16:9 PAL | 16:9 Full HDAudio: Dolby Digital 2.0Subtitles: English Region: All PAL | ABC

Krizenecki