Verdun: Visions of History (1928)
Overview
A dramatized re-enactment and documentary of the Battle of Verdun as seen by both French and German soldiers, shot on site of the actual battle.
Cast
Albert Préjean
The French soldier
Thomy Bourdelle
The German officer
Jeanne Marie-Laurent
The mother
Suzanne Bianchetti
The wife
Hans Brausewetter
The German soldier
Maurice Schutz
Marshal of the Empire
Pierre Nay
The boy
Jean Dehelly
The young man
Daniel Mendaille
The husband
Antonin Artaud
The intellectual
André Nox
The chaplain
José Davert
The farmer
Paul Amiot
Philippe Pétain
General Petain
Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany
Self (archive footage)
Paul von Hindenburg
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