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André Chénier

  • 1911
  • 13m
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5.5/10
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André Chénier (1911)
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The life of French poet André Chénier, precursor of the Romantic movement, who was guillotined during the Rveolution aged only 31.The life of French poet André Chénier, precursor of the Romantic movement, who was guillotined during the Rveolution aged only 31.The life of French poet André Chénier, precursor of the Romantic movement, who was guillotined during the Rveolution aged only 31.

  • Directors
    • Étienne Arnaud
    • Louis Feuillade
  • Stars
    • René Alexandre
    • Edmund Breon
    • Renée Carl
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    5.5/10
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    • Directors
      • Étienne Arnaud
      • Louis Feuillade
    • Stars
      • René Alexandre
      • Edmund Breon
      • Renée Carl
    • 2User reviews
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    René Alexandre
    René Alexandre
    Edmund Breon
    Edmund Breon
    • Marie-Joseph Chénier
    • (as Edmond Bréon)
    Renée Carl
    Renée Carl
    René Navarre
    René Navarre
    • Le docteur Guillotin
    Léonce Perret
    Léonce Perret
    • Le poète André Chénier
    Alice Tissot
    Alice Tissot
    Marthe Vinot
    Maurice Vinot
    Georges Wague
    Georges Wague
    • Directors
      • Étienne Arnaud
      • Louis Feuillade
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    4boblipton

    Another Victim of the Terror

    Étienne Arnaud and Louis Feuillade are credited as co-directors of this movie about the poet. Chenier was a Greek who moved to Paris, became associated with the nobility, decided on a career as a poet, and had his head chopped off by the guillotine. This movie would have you believe that he spent his time utterly disinterested in the events going on in France at the time. In actual fact, although his early work was in the ancien regime style of writing about Greek gods and heroes, he soon was publishing stuff about the Revolution, usually couched as satires, in JOURNAL DE PARIS.

    Satire may be amusing when you're in charge and railing against the radicals, but when you're making fun of the people in charge and they're chopping off heads, I think it ill-advised. His head was chopped off on July 25, 1794 for "crimes against the state" when he was 31. To complete his humiliation, Umberto Giordano wrote an opera about him.
    5JoeytheBrit

    Andre Chenier review

    Handsomely staged biopic of Andre Chenier with good attention to detail as far as the sets and costumes are concerned, but the direction is awfully static. As with most biopics from this era, the film is more a series of highlights (and a pointless dream sequence) than a concerted attempt to get under the skin of its subject.

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      • France
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      • Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont
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      • Black and White
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      • Silent
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      • 1.33 : 1

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