Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams (2013)
2013 · 1h 0m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
Documentary presented by Professor Simon Schaffer which charts the amazing and untold story of automata - extraordinary clockwork machines designed hundreds of years ago to mimic and recreate life. The film brings the past to life in vivid detail as we see how and why these masterpieces were built.
Director: Nic Stacey
Writers: Simon Schaffer
Cast
Simon Schaffer as Himself - PresenterIlan Goodman as Jacques De VaucansonLaura Heath as Flute PlayerJonathan Betts as Himself - Senior Curator of Horology, Royal Observatory GreenwichMore like this
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