Eugene Atget: Photographer (1982): cast, story & where to watch
1982 · Film
Released in 1982, Eugene Atget: Photographer is a documentary film directed by Peter Wyeth, running about 48 minutes.
What it’s about. Meet France’s mysterious master of photography, neglected in his own lifetime but since feted for helping position the medium as an art form, and as an inspiration to surrealists. This meditative Arts Council documentary introduces Eugène Atget, a former actor who began to document the streets of old Paris from the 1890s. Little is known about his early life and the three decades he spent capturing, in eerie tableaux, urban spaces since lost to progress. The film includes dramatised scenes from his life, including his belated ‘discovery’ by American photographers Man Ray and Berenice Abbott, who published many of Atget’s works after his death in 1927.
Who’s in it. Eugene Atget: Photographer stars Philippe Lehembre as Eugene Atget, Peggy Frankston as Berenice Abbott and Catherine Ohotnikoff as Madame Atget.
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- Where can I watch Eugene Atget: Photographer (1982)?
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- Who stars in Eugene Atget: Photographer?
- Eugene Atget: Photographer stars Philippe Lehembre, Peggy Frankston and Catherine Ohotnikoff.
- When was Eugene Atget: Photographer released?
- Eugene Atget: Photographer was released in 1982, with a runtime of about 48 minutes.