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Sur un air de Charleston

  • 1927
  • 17m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
705
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Catherine Hessling in Sur un air de Charleston (1927)
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Shot in three days, this surreal, erotic silent short shows a native white girl teaching a futuristic African airman the Charleston dance.Shot in three days, this surreal, erotic silent short shows a native white girl teaching a futuristic African airman the Charleston dance.Shot in three days, this surreal, erotic silent short shows a native white girl teaching a futuristic African airman the Charleston dance.

  • Director
    • Jean Renoir
  • Writers
    • André Cerf
    • Pierre Lestringuez
  • Stars
    • Catherine Hessling
    • Johnny Hudgins
    • Pierre Braunberger
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    705
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jean Renoir
    • Writers
      • André Cerf
      • Pierre Lestringuez
    • Stars
      • Catherine Hessling
      • Johnny Hudgins
      • Pierre Braunberger
    • 15User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Sur un air de Charleston (1927)
    Catherine Hessling in Sur un air de Charleston (1927)
    Catherine Hessling and Johnny Hudgins in Sur un air de Charleston (1927)
    Catherine Hessling and Johnny Hudgins in Sur un air de Charleston (1927)

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    Catherine Hessling
    Catherine Hessling
    • Parisian Savage
    Johnny Hudgins
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    Pierre Lestringuez
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    Jean Renoir
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      • Jean Renoir
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      • André Cerf
      • Pierre Lestringuez
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      Jean Renoir's debut as an actor.
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      Featured in Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II (1993)

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    Charleston Parade (1927)

    ** 1/2 (out of 4)

    Extremely bizarre short film from Jean Renoir is somewhat sci-fi and somewhat musical. A man in blackface takes off in a spaceship and lands in an unknown country. In this country he meets a white woman (Catherine Hessling; the director's wife) who does a tribal dance, which the blackface man believes is from his native people. I'm really not sure what the hell this film is suppose to be about but I can only guess it has something to do with reverse racism. There are several racial comments made by the white girl and her "not liking black meat" and I guess her being the "native" doing a tribal dance was the reverse thing from the black man doing it, which is something we've seen in countless films from this period. The DVD doesn't feature any music score so it was somewhat hard to know the nature the director was going for. An interesting short to say the least.
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    • Michael_Elliott
    • Feb 26, 2008

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 19, 1927 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • Charleston Parade
    • Filming locations
      • Studios d'Epinay, 10 rue du Mont, Epinay-sur-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, France(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Néo-Film
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    • Runtime
      17 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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