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Guernica

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

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.

13m1951TMDb 6.1

French

Crew and Cast

Storyline

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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Status
Released
Released
6 June 1951
Runtime
13m
TMDB score
6.1 / 10 (31 votes)

Production

Studios
Panthéon Productions
Countries
France

Languages

Original
French
Spoken
French