The Sea Horse

The Sea Horse (1935)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1935-08-10
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 29 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 15min
  • Language: Français
  • Production Company: Cinégraphie Documentaire
  • Production Country: France
  • Director: Jean Painlevé
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Summary

Examines the sea horse, the only fish that swims upright. We watch it use its prehensile tail to wrap around plants and other sea horses. A frontal bulge houses organs including an air ballast. Three fins propel this fish. We see a female place her eggs in a male's pouch where they are fertilized and nurtured until birth in violent contractions. Inside the pouch are nurturing blood vessels. We then follow the growth of an embryo, greatly magnified: we examine its heart beating and its dorsal fin moving. Young sea horses attach themselves to each other. The film ends with images of many sea horses moving on the ocean floor, superimposed on a horse race.

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Production Jean Painlevé Producer
Directing Jean Painlevé Director
Writing Jean Painlevé Writer
Sound Darius Milhaud Original Music Composer
Sound René Sarazin Sound
Camera André Raymond Director of Photography

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