L'Or du Rhône
Synopsis
Touching on the Roman history of the valley of the Rhone, the film shows how Provence conserves its past: pasturing sheep, making olive oil by hand, guarding the spiritual breath of the past in the poetry of Mistral. The new importance of France’s great Rhone River: huge dams and power plants built with Marshall Plan help now harness the river’s energy to supply power to France and her neighbors. The film won the 1951 Prix International at the Venice Biennale (Section Technique et Travail).
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Caravelle
Full credits (6)
- Director of Photography : Pierre Dolley
- Music Composer : Tony Aubin
- Editor : Pierre Jallaud
- Producer : Claude Clert
- Narration writers : Robert Scipion, Claude Lemaine
- Narrator : René Lefèvre
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1950
- Runtime : 20 min
- Visa number : 10748
- Visa issue date : 01/10/1951
- Production formats : 16mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
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