Roses of Picardy (1927)
- Directed by
- Maurice Elvey
- Genre
- silent film, war film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A British soldier falls in love with a woman on a farm in France during World War One. The film shows their relationship in the midst of the war.
poignantromanticmelancholicreflectiveslow-pacedatmosphericquietwistful
What happens
Roses of Picardy is a 1927 British silent war film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, John Stuart and Humberston Wright. The title is a reference to the popular First World War song Roses of Picardy. It was based on the novels The Spanish Farm (1924) Sixty-Four, Ninety-Four (1925) by R.H. Mottram. It was made at the Cricklewood Studios in London. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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