The Time Factory

Sep 19, 2021

0h 52m

★ 8.2

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…

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

Grand Angle Productions

France Télévisions

The Time Factory Trailers

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Nathalie Spitzer

Self

Pacôme Delva

Self

Denis Savoie

Self

Kostas Kotsanas

Self

Efthymios Nicolaidis

Self

Meropi Morfouli

Self

Emily Akkermans

Self

Vanessa Haussener

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