Sur le pont d'Avignon

Extravagantly gowned marionettes perform the pantomimes in this old French folksong, with vocal interpretations by the Trio Lyrique.

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Credits

director

Jean-Paul Ladouceur

Wolf Koenig

producer

Tom Daly

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:05:33:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1951

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014445

Language

French

Subject categories

Animation

Foreign language films

Music & Performing Arts → Folk songs, French

Music & Performing Arts → Marionettes

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Canada, 1951

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