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Vintage French Film Movie Poster
LA FIN DU MONDE
VUE, ENTENDUE ET INTERPRÉTÉE PAR ABEL GANCE
AVEC M.M COLETTE DARFEUIL, VANDA VANGEN, SYLVIE GRENADE, BRINDEAU-M.M. SAMSON FAINJILBER, JEAN D'YD, GEORGES COLIN et VICTOR FRANCEN
LE PREMIER GRAND SPECTACLE DE CINÉMA PARLANT FRANÇAIS-PRODUCTION DE L'ÉCRAN D'ART SA. V.IVANOFF ADH DIR: 15. RUE DU BAC PARIS
This is a reproduction of a French movie poster for the 1931 science fiction film La Fin du monde (English title: End of the World), directed by Abel Gance. The poster art is by Jean-Adrien Mercier, whose signature "JAM" is visible in the bottom right corner.
Film Details
Director: Abel Gance
Release Year: 1931
Genre: Science Fiction, Disaster
Plot: The story, based on the novel Omega: The Last Days of the World by Camille Flammarion, concerns an astronomer who discovers a comet on a collision course with Earth and the different societal reactions to the impending apocalypse.
Significance: It was Abel Gance's first sound film and was billed as the first major spectacle of French-speaking cinema. The original film was planned to be over three hours long, but the producers cut it down significantly for its release.
The poster, designed by artist Jean-Adrien Mercier (whose signature "JAM" is visible), depicts a man looking intensely through a telescope.
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LA FIN DU MONDE
VUE, ENTENDUE ET INTERPRÉTÉE PAR ABEL GANCE
AVEC M.M COLETTE DARFEUIL, VANDA VANGEN, SYLVIE GRENADE, BRINDEAU-M.M. SAMSON FAINJILBER, JEAN D'YD, GEORGES COLIN et VICTOR FRANCEN
LE PREMIER GRAND SPECTACLE DE CINÉMA PARLANT FRANÇAIS-PRODUCTION DE L'ÉCRAN D'ART SA. V.IVANOFF ADH DIR: 15. RUE DU BAC PARIS
This is a reproduction of a French movie poster for the 1931 science fiction film La Fin du monde (English title: End of the World), directed by Abel Gance. The poster art is by Jean-Adrien Mercier, whose signature "JAM" is visible in the bottom right corner.
Film Details
Director: Abel Gance
Release Year: 1931
Genre: Science Fiction, Disaster
Plot: The story, based on the novel Omega: The Last Days of the World by Camille Flammarion, concerns an astronomer who discovers a comet on a collision course with Earth and the different societal reactions to the impending apocalypse.
Significance: It was Abel Gance's first sound film and was billed as the first major spectacle of French-speaking cinema. The original film was planned to be over three hours long, but the producers cut it down significantly for its release.
The poster, designed by artist Jean-Adrien Mercier (whose signature "JAM" is visible), depicts a man looking intensely through a telescope.
