Guernica (1950 film)

Guernica is a 1950 French film directed by Alain Resnais and Robert Hessens.[1]

Guernica
Directed byAlain Resnais
Robert Hessens
Written byAlain Resnais
Paul Eluard
StarringMaría Casares (narrator)
Music byGuy Bernard
CinematographyHenri Ferrand
Production
company
Pantheon Productions
Distributed byLes Films de la Pleiade
Release date
1950
Running time
13 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

After a brief voiceover by Jacques Pruvost highlighting the Guernica atrocity of April 1937, María Casares recites a poem by Paul Eluard on the subject of that atrocity illustrated with numerous paintings, drawings and sculptures of Pablo Picasso, latterly the painting Guernica (1937). The oppressive musical arrangements were composed by Guy Bernard.

DVD release

Guernica is available as a special feature on the DVD edition of The Mystery of Picasso (1956), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot.

References

  1. "Guernica". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
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