Story of the Unknown Soldier
1932/01/01 • Released • French
Overview
Built from 1928 newsreels—the year 60 nations vowed to outlaw war—Storck’s razor-edged montage mocks the era’s self-congratulation by cross-cutting speeches and parades with portents of renewed violence: nationalism, colonial repression, police brutality. Slow-motion collapsing chimneys and the exhumation of an “unknown soldier” give the satire its sting.
Director : Henri Storck
Casts
Benito Mussolini
Himself (archive footage)
Philippe Pétain
Himself (archive footage)
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Himself (archive footage)
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