Six weeks before the Lumiere brother’s legendary first public motion picture screening in Paris, three German brothers in Berlin screened eight film loops. In between the acrobatics and juggling that also occupied their life, Max, Eugen, and Emil Skladanowsky invented the bioskop. A century later, internationally renowned filmmaker Wim Wenders (Paris Texas, Wings of Desire), whose recent film The Buena Vista Social Club continues to attract attention, brings these little-known pioneers to the fore with this whimsical and touching film. With the help of students from the Munich Film Academy, Wenders spins their story with a mix of documentary and re-created footage-much of it shot silent at 18 frames per second with a vintage hand-cranked camera. For those with a deep and abiding love of cinema, this one is not to be missed!