Overview - The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
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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: 0.1776
Name: Marcel Koehler
Character: Self
Popularity: 0.1124
Name: Marguerite Lumière
Character: Self (credited as Mrs. Auguste Lumière)
Popularity: 0.221
Name: Jeanne-Joséphine Lumière
Character: Self
Popularity: 0.2047
Name: Rose Lumière
Character: Self
Popularity: 0.119
Name: Suzanne Lumière
Character: Self
Popularity: 0.1942