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Abel Gance, Pathé, shot August 1918 to March 1919. In a Provençal village the poet Jean Diaz (Romuald Joubé) loves Edith (Maryse Dauvray), wife of François (Séverin-Mars); both men go to the front and Edith is taken east, coming home with a child. Gance re-enlisted in the Section Cinématographique and cut Battle of Saint-Mihiel footage, shot beside the U.S. Army, into the last act. The dead who rise were two thousand soldiers on leave from Verdun; he later told Kevin Brownlow most of them were gone within weeks. Jean dies accusing the sun.
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Made while the war was still on, with Saint-Mihiel footage shot beside the U.S. Army cut into the last act. The dead rising were two thousand soldiers on leave from Verdun, and most of them were dead within weeks. Gance's rapid cutting and superimpositions start here. So does the rage.
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