Guernica (1951)

Name: Guernica
Genre: Documentary, War
Released: 1951-06-06
Duration: 13 min
Rating: 6.1

"Picasso's most famous work bears witness to the atrocities of the Spanish civil war and fascism."

Documentary War

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.

Duration

13 min

Rating

⭐ 6.1 / 10

Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 06, 1951

Languages

French

Production

Panthéon Productions