Lion (1896)
Lumiere Film Catalog no. 54
A lion in its cage as the keeper passes it food through the bars.
- Date of release
- 1896-08-09
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (74)
- Runtime
- 1m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Alexandre Promio
Interesting facts
Lion, London Zoological Gardens is an 1896 French short black-and-white silent actuality film, produced by Auguste and Louis Lumière and directed by Alexandre Promio, featuring a male lion reaching through the bars of its enclosure at London Zoological Gardens to get at the meat thrown by its keeper. The film was part of a series, including Tigers and Pelicans, which were one of the earliest examples of animal life on film.
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