King Kong: Monster and Myth
2024•1h 1m•7.2•Released
DocumentaryHistory
In 1933, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, two audacious and visionary directors, dared to create a motion picture that eclipsed everything seen until then: when King Kong was released, it was celebrated as an artistic and technical revolution and became the first myth created by the young cinematic art.
Director
Laurent Herbiet
Writer
Laurent Herbiet
Languages
English, French
Studio
Andaman Films
Cast
Elsa Lepoivre
Self - Narrator (voice)
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Merian C. Cooper
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
Self (archive footage)
Marguerite Harrison
Self - Reporter (archive footage)
Ruth Rose
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Willis H. O'Brien
Self - Animator (archive footage)
Fay Wray
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Billy Crystal
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Production
Company
Andaman Films
Company
ARTE
Producer
Philippe de Bourbon
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