The Story of Film: An Odyssey
A global guided tour of the greatest films ever made, exploring the history of international cinema through the evolution of cinematic innovation.
Seasons & Episodes
- 1.01Birth of the CinemaRate
- 1.02The Hollywood DreamRate
- 1.03The Golden Age of World CinemaRate
- 1.04The Arrival of SoundRate
- 1.05Post-War CinemaRate
- 1.06Sex & MelodramaRate
- 1.07European New WaveRate
- 1.08New Directors, New FormRate
- 1.09American Cinema of the 70sRate
- 1.10Movies to Change the WorldRate
- 1.11The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian MainstreamRate
- 1.12Fight the Power: Protest in FilmRate
- 1.13New Boundaries: World Cinema in Africa, Asia & Latin AmericaRate
- 1.14New American Independents & the Digital RevolutionRate
- 1.15Cinema Today and the FutureRate
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40 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Ken Loach
as Self (1 Episode)
Mark Cousins
as Presenter / Narrator (15 Episodes)
Mario Cordova
as Narratore (15 Episodes)
Lars Von Trier
as Self (3 Episodes)
Paul Schrader
as Self (3 Episodes)
Norman Lloyd
as Self (3 Episodes)
Robert Towne
as Self (2 Episodes)
Haskell Wexler
as Self (2 Episodes)
Youssef Chahine
as Self (2 Episodes)
Gaston Kabore
as Self (2 Episodes)
Samira Makhmalbaf
as Self (2 Episodes)
Agnes De Mille
as Self (1 Episode)
Supporting cast
25Claudia Cardinale
as Self (1 Episode)
Aleksandr Sokurov
as Self (1 Episode)
Jane Campion
as Self (1 Episode)
Sam Neill
as Self (1 Episode)
Gus Van Sant
as Self (1 Episode)
Wim Wenders
as Self (1 Episode)
Kyoko Kagawa
as Self (1 Episode)
Mani Kaul
as Self (1 Episode)
Buck Henry
as Self (1 Episode)
Charles Burnett
as Self (1 Episode)
Bernardo Bertolucci
as Self (1 Episode)
Stanley Kwan Kam Pang
as Self (1 Episode)
Yuen Woo Ping
as Self (1 Episode)
Amitabh Bachchan
as Self (1 Episode)
Tsui Hark
as Self (1 Episode)
Sharmila Tagore
as Self (1 Episode)
Javed Akhtar
as Self (1 Episode)
Mercedes Mccambridge
as Self (1 Episode)
John Sayles
as Self (1 Episode)
Maggie Renzi
as Self (1 Episode)
Bill Forsyth
as Self (1 Episode)
Terence Davies
as Self (1 Episode)
Tian Zhuangzhuang
as Self (1 Episode)
Baz Luhrmann
as Self (1 Episode)
Jean Michel Frodon
as Self - Film Historian
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