Grandma Despina (1905)

This scene is a part of the very first film shot produced by the Manaki Brothers. Despina, the Janaki and Milton Manaki's grandmother, was recorded weaving in one high-angle shot. For no apparent reason, the first shot made in Macedonia, in the Balkans in fact, made by these two cinematography pioneers, contains peculiar symbolics: at the moment when the grandmother Despina spins the weaving wheel, film starts rolling in our country.

Released Nov. 2, 1905 1 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: tmdb.silent-film, tmdb.grandmother, mdblist.imdb-short, mdblist.one-actor, imdb.1900s, imdb.grandmother, imdb.female-protagonist, imdb.ottoman-empire

Country: Macedonia
Production Country: Macedonia
Languages: No Language, Macedonian