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Centred on characters from the rebellious city of Marseille, most of the great events of the Revolution from 1789 to 1792 occur offstage. In Marseille, citizens capture the royal fortress of Fort Saint-Jean and set up a revolutionary council.
La Marseillaise: Directed by Jean Renoir. With Pierre Renoir, Lise Delamare, Léon Larive, William Aguet. A news-reel like movie about early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of individual people, citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course the king Louis XVI, showing their own small problems.
- (1.4K)
- Drama, History, Music
- Jean Renoir
- 1938-04-17
In this film, the prisoners are doing a burlesque number in drag. When news arrives of a French victory via smuggled newspaper, the band stokes up “La Marseillaise”, the performers remove their wigs and the lead the chorus while still in drag. The transition is so quick and stark that no tears are necessary.
Mar 12, 2021 · La Marseillaise is a French film of 1938, directed by Jean Renoir. A vast political, social, and military panorama of the French Revolution up to the autumn of 1792, its many episodes...
- 3 min
- 6.8K
- Elon Musket
La Marseillaise est un film français réalisé par Jean Renoir, sorti en 1938 . Synopsis. La nouvelle de la prise de la Bastille s'est répandue dans le royaume de France. À Marseille, un groupe de camarades enthousiastes se constitue pour s'engager dans la Révolution . Fiche technique. Titre : La Marseillaise. Réalisation : Jean Renoir.
La Marseillaise. In this historical film, renowned director Jean Renoir depicts the French Revolution with an unusually matter-of-fact approach that downplays the dramatic elements...
- (9)
- History, Drama
Jean Renoir’s panorama of the French Revolution, La Marseillaise, was one of the great critical and commercial disappointments of his extraordinary career. When released in 1938, it was greeted tepidly on the Left and with outright hostility from the Right. “So that’s your great national production?” the reactionary Georges Champeaux inquired.
