Guernica 1951
“Picasso's most famous work bears witness to the atrocities of the Spanish civil war and fascism.”
What is Guernica?
Alain Resnais & Robert Hessen use the famous Picasso mural "Guernica" in combination with newspaper headlines in an anti-war cry against the Spanish Civil War. Narration by Jacques Pruvost highlights the Guernica atrocity of April 1937, followed by a poem by Paul Eluard read by María Casares to a discordant score by Guy Bernard.
- Type
- Film
- Year
- 1951
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 13 minutes
- Release date
- Jun 6, 1951
- Studios
- Panthéon Productions
- Genres
- Documentary, War
- Updated
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Overview
Alain Resnais & Robert Hessen use the famous Picasso mural "Guernica" in combination with newspaper headlines in an anti-war cry against the Spanish Civil War. Narration by Jacques Pruvost highlights the Guernica atrocity of April 1937, followed by a poem by Paul Eluard read by María Casares to a discordant score by Guy Bernard.
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