View Item - FR-M008-1938

Language:
French
Category:
Drama
Duration:
130
Catalog Num:
FR-M008-1938
Title:
La Marseillaise
Item Type:
Video
Medium:
VHS
Program:
Romance Languages

Reserved:
No
Status:
Available

Jean Renoir's classic tribute to the glory of the French Revolution, the film captures the personal flavor of the struggle and the philosophical background to the revolutionary upheaval. In a rapid series of vignettes, we are introduced to the elegance and nobility of the court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. . . the contrasting plight of French peasants governed by laws they cannot understand. . . the storming of the Bastille in 1789 by an undisciplined mob. . . the plotting of France's exiled nobility to return to power. . . the Republican march on Paris. . . and the capture of the Tuilleries in 1793, ending the revolution. The film follows the adverntures of two young patriots who join the Peoples' army in Marseilles. As their batalion begins its long journey north to Paris to join with the Federate army, they adopt as their anthem a song from the Army of the Rhine. This song was soon to be known all over France as "La Marseillaise" and would lead the newly unified nation to victory. Notes: 2 tapes. Director: Jean Renoir. Black&White. Country: France. Subtitled.

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