Naples | |
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Directed by | Louis Lumière |
Starring | Non-professional actors: various passengers and passers-by. |
Cinematography | Lumière Brothers |
Edited by | Lumière Brothers |
Color process | Black and white |
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Running time | 2 minutes |
Country | France |
Naples is a 1898 silent documentary short shot of Naples by the Lumière Brothers. The film played and important role for the history of Neapolitan cinema,[1] being one of the first if not the first shot at Naples on video, while also being one of the first films shot by the Lumière Brothers.[2]
The film is made up of various shots taken in via Marina, via Toledo, at the port with a view of Vesuvius and finally in Borgo Santa Lucia.[3]