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Plants of the Underworld

1930 0h 11m EN
Documentary
Synopsis
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The world of fungi captured by micro-cinematography and time-lapse photography.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Credits

Behind the camera

Director
Mary Field

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Fun facts 🍿

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RUNTIME

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Tight 11-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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96 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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RUNTIME

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Part of the "Secrets of Nature" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 5
WILD

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IMDB entry: tt7024878 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mary Field directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

  • 1Tight 11-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
  • 296 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
  • 3Part of the "Secrets of Nature" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
  • 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
  • 5IMDB entry: tt7024878 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Runtime
11 min · 0h 11m
Status
Released
Original language
EN
IMDB
Plants of the Underworld (1930)

Part of

Secrets of Nature

A series of short educational nature documentaries that were produced from 1919 to 1933 by British Instructional Films.

Also by

Mary Field

Key crew

    Release history · US

    When it landed

    • Theatrical1930-06-01

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