Françoise Levie Trailers

The Erasers Trailer (1969)

19 May 1969

A detective is seeking an assassin in a murder that has not yet occurred, only to discover that it is his destiny to become that assassin.

Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

Events of strange and serious nature mark the invention and the manufacture of the nylon stockings. For example inhuman exploitation of workers in artificial silk factories.

The Man Who Wanted to Classify the World Trailer (2002)

01 January 2002

Paul Otlet was a Belgian, *1868, died 1944, who perfected the Dewey Classification system as "the Universal Decimal Classification", in his lifetime alone totalling 17 million index cards of human knowledge.

Zénon the Rebel Trailer (2019)

11 December 2019

Zénon is the hero of “The Abyss”, the famous novel by Marguerite Yourcenar published in 1968. He is also the main character in André Delvaux’s film, played by Gian Maria Volonte, for the movie adaptation of the same book in 1988.

Pitié pour une ombre Trailer (1967)

15 November 1967

Ultra, je t'aime Trailer (1967)

16 November 1967

The Truly Magical Lanterns Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

The 6th short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. Featuring demonstrations of magic lanterns by children.

Orson Welles Uncut Trailer (2005)

01 January 2005

Malpertuis featurette on the casting of Welles, including rare outtakes of the actor

The Box with Eight Eyes Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

The 2nd short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. In the 18th and 19th centuries, optical views were shown in optical boxes with magnifying lenses.

Le voyageur Trailer (1967)

01 January 1967

A castle lost in the middle of the woods. A train track cutting through the countryside. No train ever stops at the tiny station that serves the castle.

Noces de plumes Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

Basu calls his psychiatrist to tell him a singular adventure. In a ruined abbey, he witnesses an unusual wedding in the presence of a tribunal.

Thaumatropes Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

The 16th short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. Mr Seymour, the hero of the book by London doctor Mr Paris, shows his invention – the thaumatrope – to a little girl and explains how it works.

The Odyssey of Panoramas Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

The 9th short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. A ‘panorama’ was a large painting on a cylindrical canvas.

The Guardians of the Night Trailer (1987)

15 June 1987

A spectacular documentary on the history of lighthouses, filmed on location in France, Great Britain, Canada and the United States.