Maudite Soit La Guerre . War Be Cursed

Released just months before the outbreak of World War I, Machin’s pacifist masterpiece is often celebrated for its prescient and realistic depiction of aerial combat, with dogfights so startling that the film was perceived, during its original release, as belonging to the fantasy genre. A classic Ro...

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Other Authors: Machin, Alfred
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Published: Netherlands Filmmuseum 1914
Belgium
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:6ffdbce4-5062-4997-ab44-5ca331add30d
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author2 Machin, Alfred
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collection OSA Film Library
dateSpan 1914
description Released just months before the outbreak of World War I, Machin’s pacifist masterpiece is often celebrated for its prescient and realistic depiction of aerial combat, with dogfights so startling that the film was perceived, during its original release, as belonging to the fantasy genre. A classic Romeo-and-Juliet tale of lovers divided by the outbreak of war between their homelands. French intertitles, simultaneous English translation.
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geographic Belgium
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institution Open Society Archives at Central European University
publishDate 1914
publisher Netherlands Filmmuseum
Belgium
spellingShingle Maudite Soit La Guerre . War Be Cursed
[Fiction film]
title Maudite Soit La Guerre . War Be Cursed
topic [Fiction film]
url http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:6ffdbce4-5062-4997-ab44-5ca331add30d