The Vampire (1945)
- Original title
- Le vampire
- Directed by
- Jean Painlevé
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 9 min
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 40 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary shows the habits and biology of a South American bat called the vampire. It was made in secret during World War Two as an allegory for the Nazi invasion.
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What happens
Le Vampire est un film documentaire français réalisé clandestinement par le résistant Jean Painlevé, entre 1939 et 1945, décrivant la chauve-souris d'Amérique du Sud nommée vampire, métaphore de l'envahisseur hitlérien. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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