1848 (1949)

Original title

La Révolution de 1848

Directed by

Victoria Mercanton

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

20 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short documentary explains the French Revolution of 1848. It uses narration by Bernard Blier along with drawings from artists of the time.

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What happens

1848 (French: La Révolution de 1848) is a 1949 French short documentary film directed by Marguerite de la Mure and Victoria Mercanton and starring Bernard Blier. The film explains the French Revolution of 1848. Bernard Blier's narration is supported by pictures once drawn by contemporary artists including Honoré Daumier. 1848 was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The Academy Film Archive preserved 1848 in 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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