In August 1914, a general mobilization puts an end to the quietness of European life. Five people from different countries and backgrounds find themselves in 1918 in the rubble of a trench in a No Man’s Land from the front. In this pocket where fraternization finally settled, the Black, a polyglot, is a federative and entertaining element when tensions revive. Their presence detected, they must again make common cause to get away with a massive bombardment. When comes the end of fightings, they hammer at barbwires, symbol of boundary between people. –Cannes Film Festival
At New York’s MoMA, Victor Trivas’ incredible 1931 early Talkie war film essay and dramatic allegory gets a restoration and screening.
“Drive”, “Niemandsland”, “This Is Not a Film”