Guernica (1951)

Guernica (1951)

Picasso's most famous work bears witness to the atrocities of the Spanish civil war and fascism. 1951-06-06 France 13 Min. PG-13
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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.