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Sur un air de Charleston

  • 19271927
  • 17m
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Catherine Hessling in Sur un air de Charleston (1927)
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  • Sci-Fi
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.
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  • Director
    • Jean Renoir
  • Writers
    • André Cerf(idea by)
    • Pierre Lestringuez(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Catherine Hessling
    • Johnny Hudgins
    • Pierre Braunberger
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  • Director
    • Jean Renoir
  • Writers
    • André Cerf(idea by)
    • Pierre Lestringuez(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Catherine Hessling
    • Johnny Hudgins
    • Pierre Braunberger
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    • 15User 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 Savageas Parisian Savage
    Johnny Hudgins
    • African Exploreras African Explorer
    Pierre Braunberger
    • Angelas Angel
    André Cerf
    • Angelas Angel
    Pierre Lestringuez
    • Angelas Angel
    Jean Renoir
    Jean Renoir
    • Angelas Angel
    • Director
      • Jean Renoir
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      • André Cerf(idea by)
      • Pierre Lestringuez(scenario)
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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.
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    CHARLESTON PARADE (Jean Renoir, 1927) **1/2
    This is, by far, Jean Renoir's oddest film: a surreal, sci-fi/musical short which was originally accompanied by a specially-composed score but whose print on the DVD itself, bafflingly, features no underscoring whatsoever. Incongruously enough, the film apparently grew out of Renoir's desire to utilize footage left over from NANA (1926)!

    Again, we find Renoir's wife at the time – Catherine Hessling – in a major role; here, she is a sexy dancer from the future who teaches a sophisticated negro explorer(!) the Charleston dance (at which he eventually proves himself remarkably adept). It is very hard to believe now that Hessling's dancing caused quite a stir at the time but there you go. Unfortunately, the film doesn't add up to much and there's practically nothing of the traditional Renoir on display. Besides, its premise isn't enough to sustain even the film's two-reel length, with the protracted dance sequence itself, filmed at a variety of speeds, emerging as a hollow exercise in style.

    For what it's worth, other characters appearing in the film include a (fake-looking) monkey who is Hessling's sole companion on the seemingly deserted place the coloured astronaut lands on and, for no apparent reason, a group of grinning angels (among them Renoir himself)! The film's best gag is one that would soon become a staple of animation: at one point, Hessling draws a telephone on a wall and this immediately materializes into the real thing.
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    • Release date
      • March 19, 1927 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • Charleston Parade
    • 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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