The Countryman and the Cinematograph
Movie| Title | The Countryman and the Cinematograph |
| User score | 5.3 |
| Release date | Oct 1, 1901 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Director | Robert W. Paul |
| Production country | United Kingdom |
| Production companies | Robert W. Paul, Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Run time | 1 min. |
A satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an unsophisticated (and stereotypical) country yokel is alternately baffled and terrified, in the latter case by the apparent approach of a steam train.
