| Once Upon a Time in Mesopotamia | |
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| Also known as | Il était une fois la Mésopotamie : le pays entre les deux fleuves |
| French | Il était une fois la Mésopotamie |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Based on | Il était une fois la Mésopotamie by |
| Written by | Jean Bottéro Marie-Joseph Stève |
| Screenplay by | Jean-Claude and Carole Lubtchansky |
| Story by | Jean Bottéro Marie-Joseph Stève |
| Directed by | Jean-Claude Lubtchansky |
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| Music by | |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language | French |
| Production | |
| Producer | Jean-Pierre Gibrat |
| Cinematography | Mikaël Lubtchansky |
| Editor | Jean-Claude Lubtchansky |
| Running time | 52 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Arte La Cinquième |
| Release | 30 May 1998 |
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Once Upon a Time in Mesopotamia[1] (French: Il était une fois la Mésopotamie; German: Es war einmal in Mesopotamien) is a 1998 French documentary film adapted from the nonfiction book of the same name by French Assyriologist Jean Bottéro and archaeologist Marie-Joseph Stève.[2] Directed by Jean-Claude Lubtchansky who also co-wrote the screenplay, and co-produced by Trans Europe Film, La Sept-Arte, Éditions Gallimard, Louvre Museum and La Cinquième,[3] with voice-over narration by French actors François Marthouret, Corinne Jaber and the director, the documentary is structured like an adventure film, taking viewers into the world of the first discoverers, epigraphists and Assyriologists who revealed Mesopotamian archaeology to the modern world.
The film was broadcast on Arte on 30 May 1998, as part of the channel's television programme The Human Adventure, and rebroadcast on La Cinquième on 4 and 5 June of the same year.[4][5] In addition to German dubbing, the documentary has been subtitled into English and Spanish,[6] and released on DVD by Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC).[7]
- ^ "Films by the Louvre: Once Upon a Time in Mesopotamia". films.louvre.fr. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ Humblot, Catherine (30 May 1998). "20.45 Arte Il était une fois la Mésopotamie La grande aventure des fouilles". lemonde.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Cycle de films — Autour de l'exposition " Babylone " : Il était une fois la Mésopotamie". louvre.fr (in French). 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Zoom sur, sur les rives du monde". humanite.fr (in French). 30 May 1998. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "L'Aventure humaine : La Terre des Peaux Rouges — Dix films : Il était une fois la Mésopotamie" (PDF). pro.arte.tv (in French). 2002. p. 7. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Répertoire des films documentaires 1990/2000" (PDF). diplomatie.gouv.fr (in French, English, and Spanish). 2000. p. 169. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Il était une fois la Mésopotamie". imagesdelaculture.cnc.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 December 2020.