Watch Mathusalem (1927) Official Trailer

Name: Mathusalem
Director: Jean Painlevé
Released: 1927-11-06
Duration: 0h 9m
Cast: Antonin Artaud, Marcel Barencey, Henri Marchand, Jean Painlevé

4.6 / 10 IMDb November 6, 1927 0h 9m

Mathusalem (or Methuselah) is a 1922 play by Ivan Goll, considered a precursor of the theater of the absurd. The 1927 run of the play saw five sequences-- some of Jean Painlevé's earliest film work-- projected against a backdrop of white clouds.