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Released
1912 · FILM

Man's Genesis

Directed by
Color
Black & White
Runtime
17 min
AdventureDramaHistoryComedy

Synopsis

An old man recounts to his grandchildren the story of prehistoric man: Caveman Weakhands struggles to court a woman due to his physical weakness. After being humiliated by Bruteforce, he encounters Lillywhite, who has been hiding in her cave, grieving. The two form a bond, but Bruteforce intervenes and separates them, sending Weakhands fleeing. In his cave, Weakhands devises the idea for a stone club. Armed with this tool as an equalizer, he defeats Bruteforce and reclaims Lillywhite—marking an early step in human progress.

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Principal cast & crew: 10

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Shot by G W Bitzer

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