The Time Factory

The Time Factory (2021)

19/09/2021
Documentary, TV Movie
52m

Overview

Who invented time, who invented the clock? Why 1 hour, why 60 minutes, why 60 seconds? Since prehistoric times, man has sought to measure time, to organize social and religious life, to plan food supply... Today we can surf the Internet, geolocate, pay by credit card… All our daily lives depend on time and the synchronization of clocks. The history of the invention of time and of the ways and instruments to measure it is a long story…

  • Herlé JouonDirector
  • Hugues DemeudeWriter
  • Original Title

    La Fabrique du temps

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    French

Keywords

  • time
  • ancient rome
  • albert einstein
  • middle ages (476-1453)
  • pendulum
  • ancient greece
  • babylon
  • 17th century
  • 1900s
  • science history
  • general relativity
  • measurement
  • precision
  • clockwork
  • chronometer
  • sundial
  • atomic clock
  • water clock

Top Billed Cast

Nathalie Spitzer

Nathalie Spitzer

Narrator (voice)

Pacôme Delva

Self

Denis Savoie

Self

Kostas Kotsanas

Self

Efthymios Nicolaidis

Self

Meropi Morfouli

Self

Emily Akkermans

Self

Vanessa Haussener

Self

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