El mundo de Fructuoso Gelabert (1968)

El mundo de Fructuoso Gelabert (1968)

1968-01-01 Spain 19 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Documentary by Juan Francisco de Lasa about a pioneer of Spanish cinema. Gelabert attended one of the first sessions of the Lumière's cinématographe in Barcelona. Briefly after, he built a contraption based on this invention. He produced his first picture, "Dorotea", in 1897. His film "Riña en un café" is considered the first Spanish film to feature a plot.