Janez Puhar's Missing Formula
The documentary entitled 'Janez Puhar's Lost Formula' introduces the Slovenian inventor of glass-plate photography from the point of view of a foreign observer, that of Scotsman Robin Crichton, who wonders how and why we honour him, since he is virtually unknown in the Western world. Robin decides to single-handedly look into these Slovenian beliefs. Puhar claims that for the light-sensitive matter he used mercury, sulfur, iodine and possibly varnish, which he applied in the end to protect the emulsion. But his real formula has never been brought to light anywhere. Indeed, the whole world knows that no one has used Puhar's ingredients to make photographs, because the said three elements are not sensitive to light - neither separately nor together as a compound. Robin therefore arrives at the key question: are the four Puhar originals, which currently exist around the world, real or are they just a mistake made by Slovenian historians and museum specialists?
Year: 2000
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Casablanca Film Production (SI), RTV Slovenija
Director: Pavel Gržinčič
Cast: Srečko Meh, Robin Crichton, Janez Lombergar, Drago Medved, Helena Prus, Janko Bračika
Runtime: 38 minutes
Release: Jan 01, 2000
IMDb: 0.00/10 by 0 users
Popularity: 0
Country: Slovenia
Language: Slovenščina
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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