Story of the Unknown Soldier

• Movies
• 1932-01-01
• FR
• Released
• 0h 11m
• BE
• Documentary

• 7.7
• 3

Production

Films Henri Storck

Storyline

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.