Damn the War!
Maudite soit la guerre
Made on the eve of WWI, this Belgian classic sees two friends on opposing sides of a European conflict – now lovingly restored.
- Director Alfred Machin
- Screenwriter Alfred Machin
- With Suzanne Berni, Baert, Albert Hendrickx
- Belgium 1914
- 50 mins
Two friends from different countries find themselves on opposing sides in an apocalyptic war. Back home a young woman awaits news of both – her brother and her lover. Made just before Europe exploded into chaos, this neglected classic of anti-war cinema is both deeply human and devastatingly prophetic. The ravishingly beautiful restoration has returned a magical range of stencilled colours, evoking the nostalgia of tinted postcards and a world stained with the blood of war.
Robin Baker
Airship Over the Battlefields (extract)
En Dirigeable sur les Champs de Bataille
The post-WW1 landscape of Belgium and northern France is captured from a navy airship: the resulting images are horrifying and hypnotic.
- Director Jacques de Prévaux
- France 1918
- 20 mins
The post-WW1 landscape of Belgium and northern France is captured from a navy airship: the resulting images are horrifying and hypnotic.
Both films will be screened with live piano accompaniment by Stephen Horne.
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