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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 silent 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 Iove with a young dancer and her eIegant, ravishingIy beautiful mother.
Set in and around the famous dance-haIls 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.
Filmed at EIstree through the winter of 1927, the film was originally trade shown in March 1928 as a siIent fiIm with Iive musical accompaniment. It was re-reIeased in 1929 with a recorded, synchronised score by John Reynders. |
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