Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision (movie)
- User score: 4
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: David Lebrun
- Production companies: Night Fire Films
- Genre: Documentary, Animation, History
- Release date: 1/1/2004
- Run time: 60 min.
Movie description
The animated documentary Proteus explores the nineteenth century's engagement with the undersea world through science, technology, painting, poetry and myth. The central figure of the film is biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel, who found in the depths of the sea an ecstatic and visionary fusion of science and art.
