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Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams

7.320131h MovieDocumentary

Documentary presented by Professor Simon Schaffer which charts the amazing and untold story of automata - extraordinary clockwork machines designed hundreds of years ago to mimic and recreate life. The film brings the past to life in…

DirectorNic Stacey
WriterSimon Schaffer
ProducersPaul Sen·Nic Stacey

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Cast · Directed by Nic Stacey

SS
Simon Schaffer
Himself - Presenter
IG
Ilan Goodman
Jacques De Vaucanson
LH
Laura Heath
Flute Player
JB
Jonathan Betts
Himself - Senior Curator of Horology, Royal Observatory Greenwich

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