Mathusalem

Running 9m and made in France, Mathusalem (1927) is a film in the 123movies catalog. The cast includes Antonin Artaud and Marcel Barencey; Jean Painlevé directs. 7 votes put it at 4.6/10. Mathusalem (or Methuselah) is a 1922 play by Ivan Goll, considered a precursor of the theater of the absurd. The 1927 run of the play saw five sequences-- some of Jean Painlevé's earliest film work-- projected against a backdrop of white clouds.