Mathusalem

Mathusalem

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 6, 1927

Runtime

0h 9m

User Score

46%

Original Title

Mathusalem

Director

Jean Painlevé

Description

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.