Story of the Unknown Soldier
HD
7.7
11 minBuilt 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.
Country:
FRGenre:
DocumentaryReleased:
1932-01-01Languages:
FrenchCompanies:
Films Henri Storck