Story of the Unknown Soldier

Name: Story of the Unknown Soldier
Rating: 7.7

Not Rated Documentary

Starring: Benito Mussolini, Philippe Pétain, Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Writer: N/A

Release Date:
January 1, 1932

Ratings:
7.7 / 10

Director:
Henri Storck

Companies:
Films Henri Storck

Overview

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.

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