Kenneth Branagh narrates the fourth of a six-part series telling the story of early film-making in Europe.
The Music of Light. Duringthe 1920s, France had a cinema industry which was potentially capable of rivalling
Hollywood's. It discovered the value of mini-series, docu-dramas and historical films, and in 1927 it reached its creative peak with Abel Gance 's
Napoleon. Nevertheless, the country's studio system remained virtually ignored outside Europe.
Directors/Producers David Gill and Kevin Brownlow