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Damn the War is a belge film of genre Drama directed by Alfred Machin with Fernand Crommelynck
Damn the War (1914)
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Add to a movie listMaudite soit la guerre est un film belge sorti au cinéma en juin 1914 réalisé par Alfred Machin. Colorié à la main, il est interprété notamment par Suzanne Berni, Baert, Albert Hendrickx, Fernand Crommelynck, Nadia D'Angely, Zizi Festerat, Gilberte Legrand, Willy Maury, Henri Goidsen, Cécile May, Blanche Montel, Albert Dieudonné, Germaine Lecuyer.
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Ce mélodrame raffiné d'anticipation, réalisé la veille de la Première Guerre mondiale, évoque dans le contexte d'une guerre entre deux puissances imaginaires, la rivalité entre deux aviateurs, et montre des batailles de planeurs triplans, biplans et dirigeables dans le ciel... C'est aussi une poignante histoire d'amour impossible.Actors
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