Synopsis
A poem to love & patriotism soon after the end of WWI. A highly original and poetic film using many experimental camera techniques, which proved too fanciful for many but which established his reputation as a talented innovator.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (2)
Full credits (3)
- Screenwriter : Marcel L'Herbier
- Director of Photography : Anatole Thiberville
- Production Designer : Jaque-Catelain
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : Silent
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1919
- French release : 27/06/1919
- Runtime : 1 h 10 min
- Current status : Released
- Approval :
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Silent
News & awards
About
Marcel L'Herbier's first film for Gaumont received poor reviews. The journal la Cinématographie française best description was that it is "feeble, limp, longwinded and maudlin."