Verdun: Visions of History

A dramatized re-enactment and documentary of the Battle of Verdun as seen by both French and German soldiers, shot on site of the actual battle.

War Drama

Albert Préjean

(The French soldier)

Thomy Bourdelle

(The German officer)

Jeanne Marie-Laurent

(The mother)

Suzanne Bianchetti

(The wife)

Hans Brausewetter

(The German soldier)

Maurice Schutz

(Marshal of the Empire)

Pierre Nay

(The boy)

Jean Dehelly

(The young man)

Daniel Mendaille

(The husband)

Antonin Artaud

(The intellectual)

André Nox

(The chaplain)

José Davert

(The farmer)

Berthe Jalabert

Paul Amiot

Henri Delannoy

Marie Lacroix

Philippe Pétain

(General Petain)

Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany

(Self (archive footage))

Paul von Hindenburg

(Self (archive footage))