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L'île de Pâques 1934 Free Unlimited Access
The first Easter Island documentary, filmed in 1935 when the Belgian naval ship Mercator came to collect Drs. Henri Lavacherry and Alfred Métraux, who had arrived six months before to carry out archaeological and ethnological work. The film, directed with melodramatic gusto and featuring a full orchestral score by Maurice Jaubert (who also did the narration), shows islanders, the monuments, and a public dance. A theme of decay and decadence characterizes the film, the motif portrayed gruesomely by extensive close-ups of the inhabitants of the leper colony there at the time. The film suited a romantic image of a mysterious lost civilization, the survivors eking out a pitiful existence on a barren rock. (Grant McCall)
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Maurice Jaubert
Crew: John Fernhout (Director), Henri Storck (Director), Maurice Jaubert (Music)
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Runtime: 23 minutes
Quality: HD
Release: Jan 01, 1934
Country: France, Belgium
Language: Français