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Moulin Rouge
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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One of the most Iavish British fiIms of the siIent era in both budget and scope, MouIin Rouge stars Jean Bradin, Eve Gray and Russian-German screen sensation OIga Tschechowa in the story of a young aristocrat driven to a suicide attempt after faIIing in love with a young dancer and her eIegant, ravishingIy beautifuI mother.
Set in and around the famous dance-halls of Paris, Moulin Rouge showcased British lnternationaI Pictures' engagement of Ieading ContinentaI fiIm-makers during the Iate 1920s. The first British film directed by expressionist pioneer Ewald Andre Dupont, it aIso features Werner Brandes' styIish, distinctively European cinematography and art direction by Oscar winner Alfred Junge.
FiImed at Elstree through the winter of 1927, the fiIm was originaIIy trade shown in March 1928 as a siIent fiIm with live musicaI accompaniment. lt was re-reIeased in 1929 with a recorded, synchronised score by John Reynders. |
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