Mathusalem (1927)

Release Date: 1927-11-06
Runtime: 0h 9min
Production Country: France
Director: <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.cinebymovies.com/actor/1045486/jean-painlev-eacute"> Jean Painlev&eacute;

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.