Movie

Guernica (1951)

• June 6, 1951
• 13m

• Documentary
• War

“Picasso's most famous work bears witness to the atrocities of the Spanish civil war and fascism.”

Overview

Alain Resnais & Robert Hessen use the famous Picasso mural "Guernica" in combination with newspaper headlines in an anti-war cry against the Spanish Civil War. Narration by Jacques Pruvost highlights the Guernica atrocity of April 1937, followed by a poem by Paul Eluard read by María Casares to a discordant score by Guy Bernard.

Directors

Alain Resnais, Robert Hessens

Starring

María Casares, Jacques Pruvost