Déjeuner du Chat
About Déjeuner du Chat
A large cat sits washing itself. A small boy, Marcel Koehler, brings a plate of milk and sets it down for the animal. The view stays close on the cat and the boy.
Cast & crew
More about Déjeuner du Chat
Catalogue Lumière view number 41. Louis Lumière operated the camera. In the list he gave Georges Sadoul in 1946 he marked this view as his own. It was programmed in Lyon on 11 April 1897 under this title, according to Lyon républicain. The catalogue records a Lumière negative and one Lumière copy.
Themes
Background
A Lumière actuality from the Monplaisir neighborhood in Lyon, shown locally in the spring of 1897.
Look
Louis Lumière framed the cat in a medium close view and let the boy enter with the plate.
Preservation
The Lumière catalogue lists a negative and one company copy.
Notes
- The boy is Marcel Koehler, filmed at the Koehler house in Monplaisir.
- IMDb times the view at one minute.
Scenes
- The cat keeps washing as Marcel Koehler puts the plate of milk in front of it.
