Complete credited cast: | |||
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Jean Börlin | ... | Le chasseur au chapeau tyrolien / Le prestidigitateur |
Inge Frïss | ... | La ballerine (as Mlle Frïss) | |
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Francis Picabia | ... | Un homme qui charge le canon |
Marcel Duchamp | ... | Un joueur d'échecs | |
Man Ray | ... | Un joueur d'échecs (as Man-Ray) | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Darius Milhaud |
An absolute surrealistic movie. Somebody gets killed, his coffin gets out of control and after a surrelistic chase it stops. The person gets out of it and let everybody who followed the coffin disapear. Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
This is an avant-garde movie and as such it's theme and plot are unclear, which is as intended because the movie is ore about special effects than about telling an actual story. This movie directs the audiences' attention to such everyday occurrences as movement, personal interactions, dancing, and running. People are part of some kind of funeral procession, but what catches the attention is the various actions that take place as the procession proceeds. Mourning is replaced by an almost frenetic need to stay active, and the movie shows this through the use of some innovative techniques, including slow-motion, use of montage, and multiple superimposed exposures, all of which convey the sense that something intense is happening. This movie is an excellent example of the French avant-garde genre which had a major influenced on cinematic styles in Europe and the United States.