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HÔTEL DES INVALIDES

FRANCE      22 m.
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(1952)
Franju always said that, of all his documentaries, this was the one he liked best. This French Government commission to demonstrate life in a hospital for war veterans metamorphosed into a brutal critique of militarism denouncing the horrors of war.

Director
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Georges Franju
Production
Forces et Voix de France
Paul Legros
Photography
Marcel Fradetal
Edition
Roland Coste
Music
Maurice Jarre
Narrator
Michel Simon
Running Time
22 m.
Country
FRANCE
Year
1951
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