World War 1 begins and a young man enlists to fight for his country..


Is it worth your time? If you have the patience for a film that doesn't care about your comfort, then yes. It’s for the folks who want to see how cinema handled the Great War before everything got sanitized by big-budget spectacle. If you need a clear hero or a tidy plot where everyone learns a lesson, you’re going to ...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Raymond Bernard

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"Is it worth your time? If you have the patience for a film that doesn't care about your comfort, then yes. It’s for the folks who want to see how cinema handled the Great War before everything got sanitized by big-budget spectacle. If you need a clear hero or a tidy plot where everyone learns a lesson, you’re going to hate this. It’s messy, loud, and frankly, it feels like it might just reach out and grab you by the collar. The first thing that hit me? The sound. They didn't have fancy digital ..."

Gabriel Gabrio
Raymond Bernard, André Lang, Roland Dorgelès
France

