The Manuscripts' Secret History
This series retraces the origins and journeys of major European works of international significance, whose original manuscript has survived through the ages. Each film attempts to analyze an original manuscript as if it were a crucial clue, in hopes to reveal the secrets behind each work.
Season 1
4 episodes
1. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollDuring a summer afternoon of 1862, Lewis Caroll, takes for a ride the three daughters of Liddell, one of her is Alice. For them, he invents a tale, about a big white rabbit, who passes very close to a little girl also named Alice. She discovers a fantastic underground world...CC1 h 44 minAug 22, 2021
2. The Trial by Franz KafkaKafkaesque! This is the right word to describe this incredible, even miraculous, journey of the work of the Prague German-speaking writer. When Kafka died at 40 in 1924, he ordered his friend and executor Max Brod to burn everything down, although he had only published short texts …CC1 h 44 minAug 29, 2021
3. Don Giovanni by MozartMozart himself said about his Don Giovanni: this work is divine, it is perhaps even more beautiful than "The Marriage of Figaro". When he was commissioned by the director of the Prague theater in January 1787, he had eight months left to create one of the most powerful operas in the repertoire.CC1 h 44 minAug 29, 2021
4. Les Misérables by Victor HugoVictor Hugo spent 16 years writing “Les Misérables”, between Paris, Guernsey and Waterloo. It was a long creative process and not only because the manuscript has 828 leaves. The story of the writing of “Les Miserables” was a true serial novel, very 19th century style.CC1 h 44 minAug 29, 2021
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The Manuscripts' Secret History
This series retraces the origins and journeys of major European works of international significance, whose original manuscript has survived through the ages. Each film attempts to analyze an original manuscript as if it were a crucial clue, in hopes to reveal the secrets behind each work.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Anne-Sophie Martin
- Created by
- Anne-Sophie Martin
- Studio
- Little Big Story, Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Audio languages
English, French, German
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