Those of Our Land

Original title: Ceux de chez nous

1915
44m

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7.6/10

105

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Documentary Short

With family connections to some famous French artists, writers, and musicians of the time, Sacha Guitry decided to film the individuals in action, to celebrate the greatness of his culture, ... Read allWith family connections to some famous French artists, writers, and musicians of the time, Sacha Guitry decided to film the individuals in action, to celebrate the greatness of his culture, threatened by Germany in the ongoing Great War.With family connections to some famous French artists, writers, and musicians of the time, Sacha Guitry decided to film the individuals in action, to celebrate the greatness of his culture, threatened by Germany in the ongoing Great War.

Directors
- Sacha Guitry
- Frédéric Rossif
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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

105

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Sacha Guitry
- Frédéric Rossif
Stars

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Trivia
Charlotte Lyses, the wife of Guitry at the time the first version was shot, was edited out of later releases after their divorce.

Alternate versions
A sound version was released with new footage of Guitry commenting on the original silent footage.

Connections
Featured in The Private Life of an Actor (1948)

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If the cinema had been invented earlier...

....we could have seen Molière on stage and we would know exactly how to act his plays.So Guitry's purpose was to immortalize the artists,thanks to the "magic lantern" .The silent sequences (1915) were presented by Guitry sitting at his desks as such is often the case.

Saint-Saens,age 80,is conducting his orchestra and we see him face on,which is,Guitry points out,completely unusual.

Auguste Renoir,an old disabled man ,needs his son's help (the famous Jean who would become one of the greatest French directors) to continue his work.HG Clouzot would remember Guitry's lesson when he filmed "Le Mystere Picasso" (1956).Renoir declares that he would accept the "Legion d'Honneur" because it impresses the station masters,one sentence Henri Jeanson will use (more or less) in the lines of "Entrée des Artistes" .

"Ceux de Chez Nous" is not unlike Guitry's infamous " De Jeanne D'Arc à Pétain" .Of course it's less offensive nowadays than the 1942 effort .