5.6 /10 1 Votes
Initial release July 1950 (Knokke) Music director Arthur Honegger Editors Jean Mitry, Marc Ducouret | 2.8/5 AlloCine Director Jean Mitry Screenplay Jean Mitry, Marc Ducouret | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cinematography André Périé, Jean Jarret, André Tadié Similar Mirror of Holland, The Smugglers' Banquet, A Drop Too Much, Palle Alone in the World | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific 231 is a 1949 short film directed by Jean Mitry.
Its soundtrack uses Arthur Honegger's orchestral work of the same name for a tribute to the steam locomotive, and includes incredible close-up footage of driving wheels, running gear and railroad operations, mostly taken at speed, and cut/choreographed to the music.
The film was awarded the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.
References
Pacific 231 (film) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA