Story of the Unknown Soldier (1932)

ALL 01/01/1932 (fr) Documentary 11 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1932
  • Production
    Films Henri Storck
  • Rotten tomato
    77%
  • Original title
    Histoire du soldat inconnu
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

For Histoire du soldat inconnu (Story of the Unknown Soldier) Storck watched newsreels for the whole of 1928, the year when 60 nations signed a pact outlawing war, and juxtaposed this heart-warming utopia with the signs of a forthcoming conflict (this was in 1932) – burgeoning nationalism, police brutality, excessive colonialism, bellicose politics. Ferocious editing sarcastically juxtaposes these good intentions with the political farce of speeches and parades, all to the tune of factory chimneys collapsing in slow motion and the exhumed body of an “unknown soldier”. —cinematek.be

  1. Henri Storck

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Benito Mussolini

    Himself (archive footage)

  2. Philippe Pétain

    Himself (archive footage)

  3. Czar Nicholas II of Russia

    Himself (archive footage)

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Casts : 3 , Crews : 1

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Story of the Unknown Soldier (1932) 11 Min

ALL 01/01/1932 (fr)
Documentary
  • Release 01/01/1932
  • Production
    Films Henri Storck
  • Original title Histoire du soldat inconnu
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

For Histoire du soldat inconnu (Story of the Unknown Soldier) Storck watched newsreels for the whole of 1928, the year when 60 nations signed a pact outlawing war, and juxtaposed this heart-warming utopia with the signs of a forthcoming conflict (this was in 1932) – burgeoning nationalism, police brutality, excessive colonialism, bellicose politics. Ferocious editing sarcastically juxtaposes these good intentions with the political farce of speeches and parades, all to the tune of factory chimneys collapsing in slow motion and the exhumed body of an “unknown soldier”. —cinematek.be

  1. Henri Storck

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer