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Albert Préjean and Jeanne Marie-Laurent.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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Verdun, visions d’histoire
Also known as Das Ringen um Verdun in Germany
(1928) France
B&W : [?] Twelve? reels
Directed by Léon Poirier
Cast: Albert Préjean [the French soldier], Jeanne Marie-Laurent [the mother], Suzanne Bianchetti [the wife], Hans Brausewetter [the German soldier], Thomy Bourdelle [the German officer], Berthe Jalabert, Maurice Schutz [the old marshall of the emperor], Pierre Nay [the son], Jean Dehelly [the young man], Daniel Mendaille [the husband], Antonin Artaud [the intellectual], André Nox [the chaplain], Paul Amiot, José Davert [the old farmer], Henri Delannoy
Compagnie Universelle Cinématographique [CUC] production. / Matte painter, W. Percy Day. / Released 9 November 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Japan on 28 March 1929. / Silent film.
Drama: War.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Cinémathèque de Toulouse film archive [35mm restoration negative (2006), 35mm restoration positives (2006)]; in the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv film archive [1931 German sound-film version (1712 metres)]; and in the Deutsche Kinemathek film archive.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: France: Verdun - War
Listing updated: 6 May 2010.
References: Bardèche-History pp. 229-230 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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