Hôtel des Invalides

5.7
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 23 min
  • Premiere: 1952. December 31.

A tour of the Hotel des Invalides, and more particularly of the Army Museum and the Saint Louis Chapel. From François I's armor to Guynemer's airplane, to Napoleon's and Marshall Foch's tombs. But this is no ordinary tour,it is rather a chilling visit guided by Georges Franju and narrated by Michel Simon emphasizing - at times through biting humor -not the glory but the nonsense of wars, but their tragic aftermath.

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Michel Simon

Récitant / Narrator (voice)

Camera

Henri Champion

Camera Operator

Marcel Fradetal

Director of Photography

Directing

Georges Franju

Director

Camera

Henri Champion

Camera Operator

Marcel Fradetal

Director of Photography

Directing

Georges Franju

Director