Story of the Unknown Soldier
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
Languages
French
Status
Released
Who's In It
Benito Mussolini
Himself (archive footage)
Philippe Pétain
Himself (archive footage)
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Himself (archive footage)
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