Verdun: Visions of History

Verdun: Visions of History 1928

7.20

A dramatized re-enactment and documentary of the Battle of Verdun as seen by both French and German soldiers, shot on site of the actual battle.

1928

That scoundrel Morin

That scoundrel Morin 1932

1

Life is so dull in a quiet little neighborhood that gossips, eager for some kind of scandal to brighten things up, imagine their haberdasher has been having quite a raunchy sex life.

1932

The Sea of Ravens

The Sea of Ravens 1930

7.20

Jean Epstein’s short documentary filmed on the Breton island of Sein, which film preservationist and cinephile Henri Langlois called “one of the most beautiful documentaries in the history of French film, a true poem about Brittany and the sea."

1930

The Amazon Head Hunters

The Amazon Head Hunters 1932

1

The Marquis de Wavrin, a Belgian explorer, spends four years in the Amazon jungle in Ecuador looking for a lost friend who may have fallen victim to headhunters.

1932

Biarritz y sus alrededores

Biarritz y sus alrededores 1922

1

Documentary showing the beauty of the Basque coast and the oceanic power of the Cantabrian sea.

1922