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Guernica (1950 film)

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Guernica
Directed byAlain Resnais
Robert Hessens
Written byPaul Eluard
Produced byPierre Braunberger
StarringMaría Casares (narrator)
Jacques Pruvost (narrator)
CinematographyHenri Ferrand
Music byGuy Bernard
Production
company
Pantheon Productions
Distributed byLes Films de la Pleiade
Release date
  • 1950 (1950)
Running time
13 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Guernica is a 1950 French short film directed by Alain Resnais and Robert Hessens.[1]

Synopsis

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After a brief voice-over by Jacques Pruvost describing the bombing of Guernica on 26 April 1937, María Casares recites a poem by Paul Eluard on the subject of that atrocity, accompanied by imagery from numerous paintings, drawings, and sculptures produced by Pablo Picasso between 1920 and 1949, particularly Guernica (1937). The oppressive musical arrangements in the film were composed by Guy Bernard.

Home media

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The short film is available as a special feature on the DVD edition of The Mystery of Picasso, Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1956 documentary about Picasso.

References

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  1. ^ "Guernica". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
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