What Do Those Old Films Mean? 38 years old

Noel Burch’s fascinating and well-made (if at times historically contestable) six-part BBC television series, about early silent cinema in Denmark, England, the Soviet Union, France, Germany, and the U.S., mixes beautiful clips of rare films with various social theories about their significance.

Credits

What Do Those Old Films Mean? Cast

Name Character
Mary Pickford She was 92, 86 years old when she died as Herself(archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks He was 102, 56 years old when he died as Himself(archive footage)

What Do Those Old Films Mean? Crew

Name Department
Hubert Niogret as Producer. Production
Jacques Champreux as Thanks. He was 55 (now 94) years old Crew
Noël Burch as Director. He was 53 (now 92) years old Directing
Noël Burch as Writer. He was 53 (now 92) years old Writing
What Do Those Old Films Mean? poster
What Do Those Old Films Mean? (38 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, November 16, 1985
  • Runtime: 156 minutes