Guernica - 1951

Guernica 1951 Directed by Alain Resnais , Robert Hessens

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.

Country France

Production Country France

Language French

Spoken Language French

Gneres Documentary , War

Production Company Panthéon Productions

Release Date 6 June 1951

13 mins