The Soul of France (1928)
- Original title
- La grande épreuve
- Directed by
- André Dugès
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A silent film with added music and sound effects. It is a love story set against the backdrop of World War I, focusing on a family's struggle to keep their land and traditions alive.
historicalpatrioticstatelymelodramaticorchestralsombernostalgicslow-paced
What happens
The Soul of France (La Grande Épreuve) is a French synchronized sound black and white sound film, directed by André Dugès and Alexandre Ryder, with a screenplay by Georges Le Faure. The film was released and distributed by Paramount Pictures in 1928. The film has no audible dialogue but featured a synchronized musical score and sound effects. The soundtrack was recorded by Paramount Pictures using the Western Electric Sound System sound-on-film process. The soundtrack was also transferred to discs for those theatres that were wired with sound-on-disc sound systems. The film is an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Georges Le Faure, which won the Marcelin-Guérin Prize in 1929. The film starred Georges Charlia, Michele Verly, Jean Murat and Berthe Jalabert. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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