Guernica
1951 · 13 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 1,059 VOTES · DIR. Alain Resnais, Robert Hessens
Overview
Alain Resnais & Robert Hessen use the famous Picasso mural "Guernica" in combination with newspaper headlines in an anti-war cry against the Spanish Civil War. Narration by Jacques Pruvost highlights the Guernica atrocity of April 1937, followed by a poem by Paul Eluard read by María Casares to a discordant score by Guy Bernard.
Dialogue Timeline — 84 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:02 This film is based on paintings, drawings and sculptures
00:00:16 We would like to thank...
00:01:21 is a small town in the Biscaye region
00:01:30 of Basque freedom and traditions.
00:01:49 The city was burnt to the ground.
00:02:23 Friendly faces by the fire, friendly faces in the cold
00:02:39 Poor faces, sacrificed
00:02:53 They made you pay for the sky, the earth
00:03:03 Sweet actors
00:03:23 The fear and courage to live and die
00:04:09 People in Guernica are simple people.
00:04:21 Somewhere in Europe... at our doorstep.
00:05:59 Their blood for all to see
00:06:21 We'd never been to the basement, for fear of seeing nature's horrors.
00:08:10 Blood on the men. Blood on the beast
00:08:50 Try to tell the mother why her child died.
00:09:09 Sister of destitution and daughter of death, repugnant, frightening.
00:10:34 Brothers, here you are, rotting
00:10:47 You, rotting desolation
00:11:52 Under the dead oak tree in Guernica
00:12:06 and a dove in his heart.
00:12:18 A man is singing.
00:12:46 Innocence will overcome destruction.
26:19:03 in the early afternoon hours
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed84
Dialogue density6.5 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line26:19:03
Production Record
DirectorAlain Resnais, Robert Hessens
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes1,059