The Miracle of Life
Released: November 24, 1996Runtime: 186 minLanguage: SV
From inside the human body and the miracle of developing life to an insects world seen from the point of view of the insect, cinematographer Lennart Nilsson shows us the world in new ways. Part I, "The Ultimate Journey", moves from fertilization to birth of the human child, with excursions into comparative embryology. "The Unknown World" explores fur beetles and book worms and viruses among others - you will not be able to look at a fur coat the same way again. And in "The Photographer's Secrets" the technical people who developed the instruments he used explain how the cinemagic is done - a kiss from the inside, an opera singer's vocal cords, a tractor as seen 'over the shoulder' of an emerging worm.
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- David Ogden Stiersas Narrator
- Bo Molleras Self - segment "The Photographer's Secrets", optical designer, Zeiss
- Hans Wigzellas Self - segment "The Photographer's Secrets", Director, Karolinska Institute
- Klaus Renneras Self - segment "The Photographer's Secrets", optical designer, Storz
- Hans Jochen Lunemannas Self - segment "The Photographer's Secrets", Director of Marketing, Storz
- Terakazu Etoas Self - segment "The Photographer's Secrets", Managing Director, JEOL Microscopes
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David Ogden Stiers
as Narrator
Bo Moller
as Self - segment "The Photographer's Secrets", optical designer, Zeiss
Hans Wigzell
as Self - segment "The Photographer's Secrets", Director, Karolinska Institute
Klaus Renner
as Self - segment "The Photographer's Secrets", optical designer, Storz
Hans Jochen Lunemann
as Self - segment "The Photographer's Secrets", Director of Marketing, Storz
Terakazu Eto
as Self - segment "The Photographer's Secrets", Managing Director, JEOL Microscopes
Carl Mydans
as Self - segment "The Photographer's Secrets", photographer, LIFE Magazine
Birgit Nilsson
as Self - segment "The Photographer's Secrets", opera singer
Lennart Nilsson
as Self - segment "The Photographer's Secrets", cinematographer
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