Promenade dans Rome (original)
1913
Alternative Titles
A Saunter Through Old Rome (BFI catalogue).
BFI identifier
276971For further information on how to access the film and associated materials, check the Notes on the Print under the Technical tab.
Synopsis
Black and white: St. Peter's; "the city of fountains"; various shots. Stencil coloured: Horses at drinking trough; Piazza del Popolo; Villa Medici; gardens of the Pincio. (NFA Catalogue)
- Production Country: Pathé Frères
- Production Company: France
- BFI Category: Non Fiction
- Source: N/A
Cast
No Cast information is available.
Credits
Production Company: Pathé Frères
Film Technical Information
- Original Length: N/A
- Length of BFI Viewing Print: 361 ft
- Support: Viewable
- Colour
- Format: 35 mm , Mp4
Comments on the print:
This Pathé film focusses mainly on neo-classical Rome, so will not be provided with an analysis on the website. The full film can be viewed on the website of the Gaumont Pathé archives here: https://gparchives.com/index.php?urlaction=doc&tab=showStory&id_doc=280959&rang=16 The viewable BFI materials are missing opening shots of people promenading around the Capitol and the Quirinale palace. The image on the film card is a screenshot from the film from the sequence in the Pincio gardens (the Villa Borghese park) accessible in the GP archive.
Useful discussion of films of this kind can be found in Gailleurd, Pimpinelli, 2022.
Gailleurd, C. and Pimpinelli M. A., (2022). 'Fontaines et monuments de Rome, une iconographie cinématographique du Grand Tour', in Céline Gailleurd (ed.), Le cinéma muet Italien à la croisée des arts. Paris: ArTeC, pp. 253-93.