Film

When the Pie Was Opened (1941)

• 1. Januar 1941
• 8 Min.

• Dokumentarfilm
• Kriegsfilm

Übersicht

Surrealism, avant-garde sound montage, and irreverent wit might be the last thing you'd expect from a government-sponsored film about wartime cookery. But director, artist, animator and all-round firework of a man Len Lye specialised in the unexpected. A simple tale of a mother cheering up her daughter with a pie from her rationing-stricken pantry (interestingly the war is never directly referred to) is skilfully crafted into a work of real artistic depth, while retaining an unpretentious charm.

Regisseur

Len Lye

Besetzung

Valerie Forrest, Hilda Masters