Combines art work, original drawings, and excerpts from classical European paintings in an animated film which recreates the blood contests between the French and Russians in the Napoleonic Wars, and which deplores the horror of war in all times and places. Set with music from Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture.
(Awards: Special Jury Prize, Cannes, 1973)
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
011652
Language
No spoken word
Subject categories
Animation → Animated films - Hungary
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)