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Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams (2013)

ALL 06/03/2013 (en) Documentary 60 Min
  • Release
    06/03/2013
  • Production
    Furnace
  • Rotten tomato
    73.33%
  • Original title
    Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

Documentary presented by Professor Simon Schaffer which charts the amazing and untold story of automata - extraordinary clockwork machines designed hundreds of years ago to mimic and recreate life. The film brings the past to life in vivid detail as we see how and why these masterpieces were built. Travelling around Europe, Simon uncovers the history of these machines and shows us some of the most spectacular examples, from an entire working automaton city to a small boy who can be programmed to write and even a device that can play chess. All the machines Simon visits show a level of technical sophistication and ambition that still amazes today.

  1. Nic Stacey

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Nic Stacey

    Producer



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  1. Simon Schaffer

    Himself - Presenter

  2. Ilan Goodman

    Jacques De Vaucanson

  3. Laura Heath

    Flute Player

  4. Jonathan Betts

    Himself - Senior Curator of Horology, Royal Observatory Greenwich

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Casts : 4 , Crews : 4

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Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams (2013) 60 Min

ALL 06/03/2013 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 06/03/2013
  • Production
    Furnace
  • Original title Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Documentary presented by Professor Simon Schaffer which charts the amazing and untold story of automata - extraordinary clockwork machines designed hundreds of years ago to mimic and recreate life. The film brings the past to life in vivid detail as we see how and why these masterpieces were built. Travelling around Europe, Simon uncovers the history of these machines and shows us some of the most spectacular examples, from an entire working automaton city to a small boy who can be programmed to write and even a device that can play chess. All the machines Simon visits show a level of technical sophistication and ambition that still amazes today.

  1. Nic Stacey

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Nic Stacey

    Producer



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