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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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
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Netherlands Filmmuseum
1914
Belgium |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:6ffdbce4-5062-4997-ab44-5ca331add30d |
| Summary: | 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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| Published: | 1914 |