The Titan: Story of Michelangelo

The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
	American poster
Directed by	Richard Lyford
Written by	Norman Borisoff
Produced by	Ralph Alswang; Robert J. Flaherty; Robert Snyder
Narrated by	Fredric March
Cinematography	Harry Ringger
Edited by	Richard Lyford
Distributed by	Classic Pictures
Release date	1950;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	English

The Titan: Story of Michelangelo is a 1950 German documentary film about the painter and sculptor Michelangelo. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.^[1]

The film was a re-edited version of a German/Swiss film of 1938 originally titled Michelangelo: Life of a Titan, directed by Curt Oertel. The re-edited version featured a new English narration by Fredric March and a musical score onto a shorter edit of the existing film. The new credits include Richard Lyford as director and Robert Snyder as producer. The film was edited by Lyford. The Academy Film Archive preserved The Titan in 2005.^[2]

Plot

Cast

Fredric March as himself/narrator

References

^ "The 23rd Academy Awards (1951) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

External links

The Titan: Story of Michelangelo at IMDb
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo at Masters & Masterworks Productions, founded by Robert Snyder

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[Oscars1951-1] "The 23rd Academy Awards (1951) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.

[2] "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

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