Berlin: Panoptikum

Berlin: Panoptikum (1896)

This actuality film from the Lumiere Brothers was shot in Berlin, which will be the main reason people want to watch it today. The film manages to be quite entertaining because there's a large building in the background and the design is actually quite wonderful and you can't help but just spend the entire running time looking at it. The camera was placed in the street so there's some action going on there as people are walking around but there's no question that the main draw is what's behind them. Fans of these actuality films should enjoy this type of film as there's plenty to look at and it's quite interesting.