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Country
  
United States

5.6/10
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Genre
  
Documentary

Pictura: An Adventure in Art movie poster

Director
  
E. A. Dupont Luciano Emmer Enrico Gras Alain Resnais Robert Hessens Marc Sorkin Olga Lipska Lauro Venturi

Writer
  
Frederick Kohner
,
Gaston Diehl

Release date
  
21 December 1951 7 April 1952 (NYC)

Directors
  
Luciano Emmer, Alain Resnais, Enrico Gras, Robert Hessens, Mark Sorkin, Lauro Venturi, Olga Lipska

Music director
  
Andres Segovia, Darius Milhaud, Roman Vlad, Jack Shaindlin, Lan Adomian, Guy Bernard

Screenplay
  
Frederick Kohner, Gaston Diehl, George Davis, Richard Nickson

Cast
  
Henry Fonda
(Narrator: Grant Wood episode (voice)),
Lilli Palmer
(Narrator: Toulouse-Lautrec episode (voice)),
Gregory Peck
(Narrator: Carpaccio episode (voice)),
Vincent Price
(Narrator: Hieronymous Bosch episode (voice)),
Martin Gabel
(Narrator: Gauguin episode (voice)),
Harry Marble
(Narrator: Goya episode (voice))

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Pictura: An Adventure in Art (1951) is a documentary film directed by seven directors, and narrated by several famous Hollywood actors, including Vincent Price, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, Martin Gabel, and Lilli Palmer.

Contents

The film attempts to give the general filmgoing public a taste of art history and art appreciation. The film won a Special Award at the Golden Globes in 1952.

List of segments

  • Prologue: Segment showing Vincent Price talking to art students, directed by E. A. Dupont
  • Part 1: The Lost Paradise by Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516). Research and Story, Luciano Emmer, Enrico Gras; Producer, Luciano Emmer; Director, Luciano Emmer; Commentary, King James Version of the Old Testament; Music, Roman Vlad; Played by the Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Narrator, Vincent Price
  • Part 2: The Legend of St. Ursula by Vittore Carpaccio (1460-1526). Director, Luciano Emmer; Co-Producer, Sergio Amidei; Special Camerawork and Effects, Mario Bava; Screenplay, Richard Nickson; Music, Roman Vlad; Played by the Orchestra of Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome; Conducted by Willy Ferrero; Narrator, Gregory Peck
  • Part 3: Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Producer, Luciano Emmer; Director, Lauro Venturi; Screenplay, Harry Marble; Music, Isaac Albeniz; Guitar, AndrĂ©s Segovia; Narrator, Harry Marble
  • Part 4: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1863-1901). Directors, Robert Hessens, Olga Lipska; Producer, Pierre Braunberger; Screenplay, Herman Starr; Music, Guy Bernard; Narrator, Lilli Palmer
  • Part 5: Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). Director, Allan Resnais; Producer, Pierre Braunberger; Research, Gaston Diehl; Music, Darius Milhaud; Narrator, Martin Gabel
  • Part 6: Grant Wood (1892-1942). Director, Marc Sorkin; Producer, Leonid Kipnis; Research, Jules Schwerin; Camera, John Lewis; Music, Lan Adomian; Musical Direction, Jack Shaindlin; Narrator, Henry Fonda

    • Tagline

  • "A strange and exciting voyage."

    • References

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