Mathusalem

(1927)

★ 4.6 IMDb · 7 votes

Year: 1927

Runtime: 9 мин

Country: France

Director: Jean Painlevé

Cast: Antonin Artaud, Marcel Barencey, Henri Marchand, Jean Painlevé

Plot

Mathusalem (or Methuselah) is a 1922 play by Ivan Goll, considered a precursor of the theater of the absurd. The 1927 run of the play saw five sequences-- some of Jean Painlevé's earliest film work-- projected against a backdrop of white clouds.