Wintergartenprogramm (1895) FULL VIDEO

 

Wintergartenprogramm (1895)

Director: Max Skladanowsky

Cast: Emil Skladanowsky, Max Skladanowsky

Release Date: November 1, 1895

Country of Origin: Germany

The shorts "Italienischer Bauerntanz (1895)," "Komisches Reck (1895)," "Das boxende Kỹuruh (1895)," "Der Jongleur (1895)," "Akrobatisches Potpourri (1895)," "Kamarinskaja (1895)," "Die Serpentintänzerin (1895)," "Ringk Münfer (1895)," and "Apotheose (1895)" were shown.

"Wintergartenprogramm" is a 5.5-minute compilation of Skladanowsky's 1895 pieces. Italienischer Bauerntanz 0:02 ; Komisches Reck 0:37; Das boxende Känguruh 1:14 - Der Jongleur 1:44 - Akrobatisches Potpourri 2:21 - Kamarinskaja 2:51 - Die Serpentintänzerin 3:24 - Ringkämpfer 3:44 - Apotheose 4:22.

Wintergartenprogramm is a German compilation film by the Skladanowsky brothers from 1895 .

The conservatory program consisted of the following film sequences:

Italian peasant dance : Ploetz-Larella children's group

Comical Reck : Brothers Milton

The Boxing Kangaroo : Mister Delaware

Juggler : Paul Petras

Acrobatic Potpourri : Grunato Family

Kamarinskaya (Russian National Dance) : Cherpanoff Brothers

Serpentine Dance : Mademoiselle Ancion

Wrestlers : Greiner and Sandow

Apotheosis . The inventors of the Bioscope : the Skladanowsky brothers.

The Wintergarten program was first shown on November 1, 1895, at the Wintergarten variety theater and is considered the first commercial film screening.

In 1994, the film was reconstructed by the German Federal Archives – Film Archive with the support of the German Film Archive Foundation (Berlin) and Optronik GmbH (Potsdam) and other partners. 

The 1895 Wintergartenprogramm, created by German brothers Max and Emil Skladanowsky, is historically significant for several pioneering milestones in early cinema: 

First Public Film Screening in Europe: On November 1, 1895, at the Wintergarten variety theatre in Berlin, the Skladanowsky brothers became the first to project moving pictures to a paying audience in Europe. This event occurred nearly two months before the more famous commercial debut of the Lumière brothers in Paris.

Invention of the Bioscop: The screening utilized the Bioscop, a unique and complex dual-film projector designed by Max Skladanowsky. It used two separate loops of 54mm film that were projected alternately to create the illusion of movement, a principle evolved from dissolving magic lantern shows.

Elimination of Flickering: By using a dual-projection system with a dissolve transition between frames, the Bioscop kept the image from going completely black between frames, effectively eliminating the "flickering" common in other early systems.

First Film Program Structure: The Wintergartenprogramm was presented as a compilation of nine short films (approximately 15 minutes total), featuring variety acts such as boxing kangaroos, acrobats, and dancers. It concluded with a film called Apotheose, showing the Skladanowsky brothers themselves bowing to the audience, marking an early instance of filmmakers appearing on screen.

Early Use of Musical Accompaniment: The screening featured a specially composed piece of music to accompany the films and help drown out the noise of the machinery, setting a precedent for live musical scores in cinema.