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Story of the Unknown Soldier

Film

Story of the Unknown Soldier

7.7

0h 11m

1932

Synopsis

Built from 1928 newsreels—the year 60 nations vowed to outlaw war—Storck’s razor-edged montage mocks the era’s self-congratulation by cross-cutting speeches and parades with portents of renewed violence: nationalism, colonial repression, police brutality. Slow-motion collapsing chimneys and the exhumation of an “unknown soldier” give the satire its sting.

Director

Henri Storck

Documentary

newsreel

Cast & Crew

Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

as Himself (archive footage)

Philippe Pétain

Philippe Pétain

as Himself (archive footage)

Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Czar Nicholas II of Russia

as Himself (archive footage)

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