Overview - The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

Date of release

Genres

  • Documentary

Runtime: 1 minutes

Homepage: The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

Budget

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Revenue

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Spoken Languages

  • No Language

Production companies

  • Name: Lumière

    Production country France

Overview

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.

Cast

  • Name: Madeleine Koehler

    Character: Self

    Popularity: 0.0423

  • Name: Marcel Koehler

    Character: Self

    Popularity: 0.0639

  • Name: Mrs. Auguste Lumière

    Character: Self

    Popularity: 0.1316

    the profile picture of Mrs. Auguste Lumière

  • Name: Jeanne-Joséphine Lumière

    Character: Self

    Popularity: 0.0662

  • Name: Rose Lumière

    Character: Self

    Popularity: 0.0771

  • Name: Suzanne Lumière

    Character: Self

    Popularity: 0.0629