Falling Cat(Movie, 1894)

Name: Falling Cat
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1894
Duration: T00:1:00
Rating: 2.7

Rating: 2.7/5 (with 21 votes)

Falling Cat is an 1894 chronophotographic image produced by Étienne-Jules Marey, a French scientist. It was the third film that came out in the 19th century filmed in a public park, Bois de Boulogne in Paris, and released in France. It is believed to be the first motion picture in history to show a live cat. The film consists solely of the feline falling down and landing on its feet. Marey had assembled a camera that was capable of taking twelve consecutive frames a second. It resembled a short barrelled shotgun with a magazine. With this, he studied various animals in action. His most famous study was his ‘animated zoo’, in which this cat was dropped from a height of a few feet in order to see if it always landed on its feet. ()

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Directed by Étienne-Jules Marey, a French scientist, this is believed to be the first cat ever filmed in cinematic history. Jules Marey created the chronophotographic gun in 1882, a device which looked like a short barrelled shotgun with a magazine on top. It was capable of taking twelve consecutive frames a second. He used this to study various animals, the most famous study in what was called Marey’s ‘animated zoo’, was the one involving a cat which was dropped from a height of a few feet in order to see if it always landed on its feet.

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1890 Falling Cat(Featurette, 0:02)

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Production country: France

Original language: No Language (XX)

Spoken languages: No Language (XX)

Translated into 3 languages: English (EN), Italian (IT), Turkish (TR)

Status: Released

Release date US: 01/01/1894

Director: Étienne-Jules Marey

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Падение кошки"

Keywords: silent film

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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1892 | 1.8/5 | 1min

Falling Cat(Movie, 1894)

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