The Art of Silence: Youth Maturity Old Age and Death
1975•8m•Released
Comedy
One in a series of twelve films in which the great French mime Marcel Marceau performs some works from his repertoire. In his introduction Marceau calls mime the essence of life and suggests that it can reach the soul through silence. In this pantomime he expresses life from the womb to the grave in a few minutes and illustrates one of the art's most notable characteristics - its ability to condense time and to create through time the pulse of humanity.
Director
John W. Barnes
Studio
Encyclopædia Britannica Films
Cast
Marcel Marceau
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