Brief History

Brief History

1956 · 8 min · ★ 5.8 · Animation

This 1957 Romanian short animation and Cannes Film Festival winner skilfully and with incredible artistic expression manages to condense the entire narrative of human evolutionary theory into a ten minute short film. Not only that, he eerily anticipates the communist triumph of the USSR launching the first man into space by a few years.

Directed by Ion Popescu-Gopo

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A few years before Kubrick in "2001", although in a more farcical way, Ion Popescu-Gopo shows the evolution of a strange creature named man from the time he started to rub flint stones to nowadays when he has managed to split the atoms.

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The little man learns that the Earth is in mortal danger due to pollution.

Behold the Man

Behold the Man · 1977

Dialogue between a man from Earth and an alien about the advantages and darker sides of earthly civilization.

Infinity

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Trei mere · 1979

One of the primitive people discovered an apple tree but there is a condition: he can pluck apples from it, but only keep every third.

Energica

Energica · 1980

The little man discovers oil and invents all kinds of machines, including a robot woman, to satisfy his consumer needs.

Quo vadis homo sapiens

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Sportmen's Humour

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Historical adventure film that evokes the figure of the Prince Dimitrie Cantemir. The heroes fight for the manuscript "The History of the Ottoman Empire" and the jewels of the ruler's wife.

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A comic history of telecommunications throughout the world.

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The Apprentice Wizard

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Three Times Bucharest

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