- Actors: Victor Francen
- Directors: Abel Gance
- Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language English
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 2
- Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Flicker Alley
- DVD Release Date: 8 Dec 2009
- Run Time: 270 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0018BYNY4
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 103,691 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Almost forgotten, but fascinating silent movie.,
By Basileus (UK / NL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: J'Accuse [DVD] [1919] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
"J'Accuse" is one of the great French films from the silent era. Directed by Abel Gance in 1919, it tells the story of a love triangle, against the backdrop of the First World War. Partly filmed on real battlefields, this is one of the earliest anti-war movies, showing the impact of war not only on soldiers (death, injury and insanity) but also on civilians (rape and sorrow).
The film has become most famous for its poignant scene of the "return of the dead": fallen soldiers raising from their graves to return to their villages, warning the living their deaths should not have been in vain. Although Gance stated that the film was al about the "stupidity" of war, I agree with the interpretation that this scene makes "J'Accuse" also a nationalistic or patriotic film. As a result it makes the film moralistic. The technical quality of the film is after almost 100 years still amazing today and the usage of mobile camera shots makes "J'accuse' very vivid. As with a lot of films from the early era, the film has been re-edited to suit different audiences in different countries. After restoration by the Dutch film museum in 2008, this DVD-box contains the most complete version of the original to date and includes a thick booklet full of interesting background information about (the making of) "J'Accuse". For me "J'Accuse" is in the same league as "Im Westen nicht neues" (All quiet on the Western Front) and should be part of any film historian's or early movies fan's collection.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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J'ACCUSE VERSION 1919 ABEL GANCE,
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This review is from: J'Accuse [DVD] [1919] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
Version muette 1919, le J'ACCUSE FILM POUR Abel Gance (Napoléon)
J'accuse, extraordinaire coup Gance TRAVAIL EST UNE PREMIÈRE GUERRE MONDIALE DRAMA considéré comme l'un des plus techniques ADVANCED FILMS DE L'EER et du premier grand PACIFISTES FILM. GREAT "Chef d'Oeuvre" A VOIR ABSOLUMENT
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well done Amazon but what about the 1937/8 re-make?????,
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This review is from: J'Accuse [DVD] [1919] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
J'accuse 1919 version ia a great anti war film but the re-make of the same film in about 1937/8 is even better if only because the producer Abel Gance could see the likelyhood of a second world war on the horizon and hence his decision to re-make the film in an attempt to try and stop the envitable........
The climax of the film (the rising of the dead soldiers from their graves in the ww1 military cemetary at Verdun) is unforgetable. I do hope Amazon will also release this re-make of J'accuse.
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