Most prints of the film were destroyed during World War II.
Wiki verdun battle full#
The aim was to crush the French army before the Allies grew in strength through the full deployment of British.
It was originally planned by the German Chief of General Staff, Erich von Falkenhayn to secure victory for Germany on the Western Front. Before World War I, the landscape of Verdun was different. The Zone Rouge is a 42,000-acre territory that, nearly a century after the conflict, has no human residents and only allows limited access. The sound version runs at 115 minutes, while the original silent version is 151 minutes long. The Battle of Verdun, 21 February-15 December 1916, became the longest battle in modern history. The environmental destruction left by the battle led to the creation of the Zone Rouge the Red Zone. In 1931, Poirier re-edited the film and added an audio track to create a sound film, which was released under the title Verdun, souvenirs d'histoire ("memories of history"). It was released in regular cinemas on 23 November 1928. The Battle of Verdun, 21 February-15 December 1916, became the longest battle in modern history. The film premiered on 8 November 1928 with a screening at the Palais Garnier, in the presence of the French president and the German ambassador, with an original orchestra score by André Petiot. Other than Pétain, the film pays tribute to the officers Robert Nivelle, Charles Mangin, Ferdinand Foch and Georges Guynemer.
Most of the people in the film are actual French and German World War I veterans, including Marshal Philippe Pétain who portrays himself. Falkenhayn gained military experience as an instructor to the Chinese army and. It portrays the battle of Verdun, primarily by recreating the battle on its location, but also with the use of newsreel footage and dramatic scenes. Erich von Falkenhayn, in full Erich Georg Anton Sebastian von Falkenhayn, (born November 11, 1861, near Graudenz, West Prussiadied April 8, 1922, near Potsdam, Germany), Prussian minister of war and chief of the imperial German General Staff early in World War I. Verdun: Visions of History ( French: Verdun, visions d'histoire) is a 1928 French docudrama film directed by Léon Poirier.
0 kommentar(er)
