Underplayed Gems

Reveille (1924)

Reveille poster
Original title
Réveille
Directed by
George William Pearson
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This silent drama follows British soldiers as they experience life during and after World War I. The film focuses on their personal struggles and the lingering effects of war.

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What happens

Reveille is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by George Pearson. It follows some British soldiers during and after the First World War, though Pearson wrote in a January 1924 letter to his cast and crew: There is no story, as such. I hate the well-made Story with its Exposition, Denouement, Crisis, etc., as material for my elusive Screen. I confess I cannot write one. As of August 2010, the film is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films, though at least some sequences survive in private hands. It is sometimes confused with the 1925 German film Reveille: The Great Awakening. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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