White Flame (1930)

The original screenplay told the story of a young man from the countryside with a city education: a boorish, violent character filled with a desperate, purely urban unease. Dekeukeleire transformed him into a butcher who commits an act of rebellion during a political demonstration at the foot of the Yser Tower (with authentic images of the 1930 meeting) which is being suppressed brutally by the authorities. White Flame secretes a drifting air of unreality straight out of Buñuel, born out of 'carnal' close-ups and an editing style which owes a great deal to Soviet films of that period.

Released Dec. 31, 1930 11 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Mystery, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, mdblist.one-actor, imdb.year-1930, imdb.1930s, imdb.20th-century, tmdb.short

Country: Belgium
Languages: No Language, Dutch