Synopsis
Bresson's first film is, totally uncharacteristically, a slapstick comedy, centred around two neighbouring republics, Crogandia and Miremia, and the various disasters that befall the ceremonial unveiling of a statue, the launching of a ship, and the crash-landing of a Miremian pilot in Crogandian territory.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (8)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Arc
Full credits (7)
- Screenwriter : Robert Bresson
- Dialogue Writers : André Josset, Paul Weil
- Director of Photography : Nicolas Toporkoff
- Music Composer : Jean Wiener
- Editors : Pierre Charbonnier, Robert Bresson
- Sound Recordist : Marcel Petiot
- Production Designer : Pierre Charbonnier
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Themes : Circus
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1934
- Runtime : 25 min
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
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Following the director's request, this short film cannot be screened anymore. The French Cinematheque holds a copy.
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