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Pictures of the Middle Ages (1949)
Directed by William Novik
Documentary · 18m
Drawing exclusively from illuminated manuscripts of the 14th and 15th centuries held by the French National Library, this short documentary presents a medieval vision of life—from Creation and birth through labor, pleasure, death, and the Day of Judgment. Constructed as a visual essay, the film treats manuscript illumination as a complete worldview rather than illustration alone. Screened in competition at the 1949 Cannes Film Festival, it won the Prize for Best Colour.
Crew
- Director
- William Novik
- Editor
- Madeleine Bonin
- Producer
- Pierre Levy
Details
- Original title
- Images médiévales
- Release date
- 1949-09-17
- Runtime
- 18m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Coopérative Générale Du Cinéma Française