Sentimental Romance (1930)
"Romance sentimentale" (original title)

Directors:

Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein

Writers:

Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein

Stars:

Mara Griy

Cast

Credited cast:
Mara Griy	...	La chanteuse / The singer

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

piano | cloud | rain | no dialogue | nature | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Short

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Details

Country:

France

Release Date:

12 September 1930 (France)

Also Known As:

Sentimental Romance

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sequana Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

20 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography (1996)

User Reviews

Romance surreale

In short, one of the landmark films in the development of avant garde cinema, ostensibly in the same Surrealist vein as Clair's "Entr'Acte," Cocteau's "Blood of a Poet" and Bunuel's "Un Chien Andalou" though with touches uniquely Eisenstein's. "Romance Sentimentale" set the stage for further experimentalist efforts, including the formal use of nature and contrapuntal sound. Interestingly, it was Eisenstein's only privately commissioned work, produced for the husband of the woman it features.