The French Revolution: the Bastille

Jean Becker (director)
Jerry Kuehl, Beatrice Rubinstein (screenwriters)
Laszlo Petrovitz (photographer)

N.p. N.p., Circa 1971. Vintage borderless black and white photograph of director Jean Becker behind the camera on the set of the 1971 short film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamps of Interfoto MTI and PIX agency. From the archive of the PIX Agency, a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.

A short educational television film for the "Shaping of the Western World" series, reenacting the events of July 14, 1789, the day a group of French revolutionaries stormed the Bastille in response to decades of political abuse and the monarchy's neglect.

Set in France.

7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus, with light creasing to the bottom left corner.


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