Guernica (1951)

06/06/1951 (FR) • Documentary, War • 13m

Overview

Alain Resnais & Robert Hessen use the famous Picasso mural "Guernica" in combination with newspaper headlines in an anti-war cry against the Spanish Civil War. Narration by Jacques Pruvost highlights the Guernica atrocity of April 1937, followed by a poem by Paul Eluard read by María Casares to a discordant score by Guy Bernard.

Guernica (1951)

06/06/1951 (FR) • 13m

Documentary, War

Overview

Alain Resnais & Robert Hessen use the famous Picasso mural "Guernica" in combination with newspaper headlines in an anti-war cry against the Spanish Civil War. Narration by Jacques Pruvost highlights the Guernica atrocity of April 1937, followed by a poem by Paul Eluard read by María Casares to a discordant score by Guy Bernard.

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María Casares

Jacques Pruvost

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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

short film

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