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La Marseillaise

  • 19381938
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  • 2h 10m
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7.0/10
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La Marseillaise (1938)
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A news-reel like movie about early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of individual people, citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course the king Louis XVI, s... Read allA news-reel like movie about early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of individual people, citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course the king Louis XVI, showing their own small problems.A news-reel like movie about early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of individual people, citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course the king Louis XVI, showing their own small problems.
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1.3K
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  • Director
    • Jean Renoir
  • Writers
    • Jean Renoir(scenario)
    • Carl Koch(collaboration)
    • N. Martel-Dreyfus(collaboration)
  • Stars
    • Pierre Renoir
    • Lise Delamare
    • Louis Jouvet
  • Director
    • Jean Renoir
  • Writers
    • Jean Renoir(scenario)
    • Carl Koch(collaboration)
    • N. Martel-Dreyfus(collaboration)
  • Stars
    • Pierre Renoir
    • Lise Delamare
    • Louis Jouvet
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    • 11User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
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    Andrex and Edmond Ardisson in La Marseillaise (1938)
    Pierre Renoir in La Marseillaise (1938)
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    Marthe Marty and Jean Renoir in La Marseillaise (1938)
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    Pierre Renoir
    Pierre Renoir
    • Le Roi de France Louis XVI
    Lise Delamare
    Lise Delamare
    • La Reine Marie-Antoinette
    • (as Lise Delamare de la Comédie Française)
    Louis Jouvet
    Louis Jouvet
    • Roederer, le procureur du département
    Léon Larive
    • Picard, le valet du roi
    William Aguet
    • Duque de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
    Elisa Ruis
    • La princesse de Lamballe
    Marie-Pierre Sordet-Dantès
    • Le Dauphin
    Yveline Auriol
    • La Dauphine
    Pamela Stirling
    • Une suivante
    Génia Vaury
    • Une suivante
    Jean Aquistapace
    • Paul Giraud, le maire du village
    Georges Spanelly
    • La Chesnaye
    • (as Spanelly)
    Jaque Catelain
    Jaque Catelain
    • Le capitaine Langlade
    Pierre Nay
    • Dubouchage
    Edmond Castel
    • Leroux
    • (as Castel)
    Werner Florian
    • Westerman
    • (as Werner Florian-Zach)
    Aimé Clariond
    Aimé Clariond
    • Monsieur de Saint Laurent
    • (as Aimé Clariond de la Comédie Française)
    Maurice Escande
    Maurice Escande
    • Le seigneur du village
    • Director
      • Jean Renoir
    • Writers
      • Jean Renoir(scenario) (dialogue)
      • Carl Koch(collaboration)
      • N. Martel-Dreyfus(collaboration)
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    • Trivia
      Jean Renoir wrote about his link with the Popular Front movement, during the production of this film (1936-1938): "Il fut un moment où les Français crurent vraiment qu'ils allaient s'aimer les uns les autres. On se sentait porté par une vague de générosité." (Ma Vie et Mes Films, Flammarion, 1975) [For some time the French people did believe that they would love each other. One felt transported by a wave of generosity.]
    • Connections
      Edited into L'aquarium et la nation (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Musique ancienne
      (uncredited)

      Music by Michel-Richard De Lalande

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    8/10
    You do the hokey-pokey...and that's what it's all about
    La Marseillaise depicts lesser known stories attached to the events in Versailles in 1789 which led to the downfall of the monarchy. Renoir continues with a consistent stylistic system - great depth of field, two-shot closeups, framing of crowds, mobile framing, polyvocal (accents). In fact, aristocrats and citizens receive the same treatment from the camera. The exception is with the King and Queen who receive one-shot closeups, however, this seems more in the service of a dialectic regarding the Brunswick Manifesto than it being about psychological identification. This story is symbolic and likely the symbolism and abstraction is what led to the film not being as popular as was expected. There is also a confusion for the spectator because of Renoir's humanist treatment. Bumpkins are charming, aristocrats are accepting and armies more or less fight together instead of against each other. Renoir often spoke out against violence in film and this might be another disappointment for audiences at the time. Most violence is dissuaded through crafty acts of oration. The brains over brawn theme certainly lacks something of the 'common touch'. The breaking down of the song into parceled quotations reminds of the French New Wave's often lyrical and intellectual modes of expression. There is a monarchist rhetoric that runs through the film regarding order versus anarchy... yet there is little example of anarchy but also no false reprisal by monarchists against citizens. The treatment of war is tepid, but it just goes to show that Renoir was never comfortable representing hardened political positions.
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    • Release date
      • April 17, 1938 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official site
      • Official site (United Kingdom)
    • Languages
      • French
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Die Marseillaise
    • Filming locations
      • Royal Château of Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France(standing for the Tuilleries Palace)
    • Production companies
      • Compagnie Jean Renoir
      • Societé d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films (SEDIF)
      • Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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