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Codelli (2017)

2017-11-20 · 1h 25m · SL
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Codelli is a feature-length docudrama about a little-known film project by Slovenian inventor Baron Anton Codelli. Together with filmmaker and adventurer Hans Schomburgk he filmed in Togo in 1914 the first live-action film in Africa, which possibly inspired James Rice Burroughs for his novel on Tarzan. In the company of three Codelli’s descendants and actor Primož Bezjak, we traced the fate of Codelli’s film, brought the remains from Togo and Berlin to Ljubljana and used the Green Screen technology to bring to life 15 live-action scenes based on 600 Codelli’s museum photographs.

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Miha ČelarDirector, Writer

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Primož BezjakPrimož BezjakBaron CodelliKatarina StegnarKatarina StegnarValentina MladotaDoroteja NadrahDoroteja NadrahServant MarijaMaša Kagao KnezMaša Kagao KnezAkkbeKany Michel ObengaKany Michel ObengaAmusGrega ZorcGrega ZorcEngineer FreischmidtMarinka ŠternMarinka ŠternCodelli's MotherBranko JordanBranko JordanJames HodgsonUroš KaurinUroš KaurinHans SchumburgkJanja MajzeljJanja Majzelj4th WifeMojca FaturMojca FaturMeg GhertsKristoffer BornKristoffer BornHimself

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Slovenia

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What is Codelli about?

Codelli is a feature-length docudrama about a little-known film project by Slovenian inventor Baron Anton Codelli. Together with filmmaker and adventurer Hans Schomburgk he filmed in Togo in 1914 the first live-action film in Africa, which possibly inspired James Rice Burroughs for his novel on Tarzan. In the company of three Codelli’s descendants and actor Primož Bezjak, we traced the fate of Codelli’s film, brought the remains from Togo and Berlin to Ljubljana and used the Green Screen technology to bring to life 15 live-action scenes based on 600 Codelli’s museum photographs.

How long is Codelli?

Codelli has a runtime of 85 minutes.