The Titan: Story of Michelangelo is a 1950 German documentary film about the painter and sculptor Michelangelo. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[1]
The film was a re-edited version of a German/Swiss film of 1938 originally titled Michelangelo: Life of a Titan, directed by Curt Oertel. The re-edited version featured a new English narration by Fredric March and a musical score onto a shorter edit of the existing film. The new credits include Richard Lyford as director and Robert Snyder as producer. The film was edited by Lyford. The Academy Film Archive preserved The Titan in 2005.[2]
Plot
Cast
- Fredric March as himself/narrator
References
- ^ "The 23rd Academy Awards (1951) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
External links
- The Titan: Story of Michelangelo at IMDb
- The Titan: Story of Michelangelo is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- The Titan: Story of Michelangelo at Masters & Masterworks Productions, founded by Robert Snyder
