His Holiness Pope Leo XIII
From Wikipedia: Sua Santità papa Leone XIII (Italian for "His Holiness Pope Leo XIII") is an 1898 short film directed by William Kennedy Dickson for the Biograph Company and is one of the first existing films shot in the Kingdom of Italy. The short film was shot in the Vatican gardens between June and July of that year (possibly on January 4), after a long wait and negotiations with the prefect of the Apostolic Chamber Francesco Salesio Della Volpe and with the intercession of the pontiff's nephew, Count Pecci. It is a montage of three different shots with the blessing of Pope Leo XIII, eighty-eight years old at the time, and was probably filmed on Kodak film.
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| Original Title | Sua Santità papa Leone XIII |
| Year | 1898 |
| Director | William K.L. Dickson |
| Runtime | 2 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.0/10 (1 votes) |
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The film constructs its brief narrative around the central act of the papal blessing, relying on three simple shots to convey solemnity. It explores cinema's earliest potential as a medium for historical preservation and distant observation.
What lingers after viewing is the profound sense of a moment captured at the dawn of the medium, a gesture frozen in time and celluloid. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: William K.L. Dickson
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