Spring: Episode 1 - The Awakening of the Source / The Awakening of Nests

Name: Spring: Episode 1 - The Awakening of the Source / The Awakening of Nests
Director: Louis Feuillade
Genre: Fantasy
Released: 1909
Duration: 7 min

1909 Fantasy 7 minutes Directed by Louis Feuillade

About Spring: Episode 1 - The Awakening of the Source / The Awakening of Nests

Nymphs and cupids dance for the start of spring. The French title names two openings: the sources, and the nests.

Cast & crew

Louis Feuillade Director

More about Spring: Episode 1 - The Awakening of the Source / The Awakening of Nests

Louis Feuillade directed. Gaumont produced it and Comptoir Ciné-Location distributed it. The Cinémathèque française lists a French release on 21 June 1909.

Themes

Spring as a procession
Nymphs and cupids
Landscape waking up
nymphs
cupids
spring
Gaumont
Feuillade

Background

A Gaumont fantasy short of 1909, released in France on 21 June, the week of midsummer rather than in March.

Preservation

A print is on Wikimedia Commons under the title Le Printemps (1909).

Notes

French title: Le Printemps : L'Éveil des sources, l'éveil des nids.
The Cinémathèque cast list includes Alice Tissot, Renée Carl, Christiane Mandelys, Maurice Vinot, Henri Duval, and Edmond Bréon.
It is the first seasonal episode Feuillade made in this series.