The Madness of the Valiants (1926)
A symbolist portrait of two gypsies in love, this captivating film finds Dulac deconstructing onscreen gender roles and striving to achieve her idea of cinema as a “visual symphony,” emphasizing rhythmic editing over acting to achieve a “cinema of suggestion.”
Director:
Germaine Dulac
Writer:
Germaine Dulac
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Lia Loo as The bohemian |
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Raphaël Lievin as The gypsy |
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Castelluci as |
| Directing | Germaine Dulac | Director |
| Writing | Maxim Gorky | Short Story |
| Camera | Maurice Forster | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Paul Parguel | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Germaine Dulac | Adaptation |
| Writing | Maxim Gorky | Story |
| Writing | Germaine Dulac | Screenplay |
