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The Countryman and the Cinematograph

5.419011mMovieComedy

A satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an unsophisticated (and stereotypical) country yokel is alternately baffled and terrified, in the latter case by the apparent approach of a steam train.

DirectorRobert W. Paul
ProducerRobert W. Paul

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The Countryman and the Cinematograph is streaming on BFI Player in United Kingdom. It's not currently on Netflix.

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The Countryman and the Cinematograph is available to stream free (with ads) on BFI Player in United Kingdom.