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Mysteries in the Archives: 1934 the Assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia
200726 min 16 secFilm: Documentaire
Réalisation: Serge Viallet
Production: Florence Fanelli
Co-produced by ARTE France and Institut national de l'audiovisuel with the participation of Centre National de la Cinématographie, in association with YLE Teema - Ritva Leino and RTSI-Televisione Svizzera, and with the participation of the National Film Board of Canada.
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Marseille, Tuesday, October 9, 1934.
King Alexander I of Yugoslavia arrives in the port of Marseille for an official visit to France. Several minutes later, he is shot point-black – killed by a Croatian nationalist opposed to his regime.
The close-up filming of an assassination was a first in the history of cinema. The footage also revealed serious lapses in security. Why so many? Why were the cameramen able to get so close to film the dying king? What became of their footage?
The Yugoslavian king could have come directly to Paris by train. Why, then, did he travel to Marseille by ship – a choice that played a large role in complicating security arrangements.
A closer look at the footage reveals that however unintentionally, the celebrated Fox Movietone newsreel of the assassination served French authorities. The Fox Movietone report, for example, neglected the civilian casualties – and the number of shot bystanders exceeds the number of bullets fired by the assassin – revealing that security forces also opened fire in the chaos…
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- Histoire > Réflexion sur l'histoireHistoire mondiale
Générique
- idée
- Serge Viallet
- Cédric Lépée
- direction de collection
- Serge Viallet
- réalisateur
- Serge Viallet
- monteur
- Alexandre Auque
- assistant monteur
- Vanessa Bozza
- réalisation graphique
- Stéphanie Mée
- Raymond Perrin
- Jean-Michel Moussu
- illustration musicale
- Niels Poux
- conception générique collection
- Philippe Truffault
- réalisation générique collection
- Philippe Truffault
- montage générique collecition
- François Labat
- traducteur
- Dana Burns Westberg
- narrateur
- Dana Burns Westberg
- documentaliste
- Michael Dolan
- conception sonore
- Laurent Thomas
- Jean-François Gasnier
- mixage son
- Laurent Thomas
- Jean-François Gasnier
- correction des couleurs
- Rémi Berge
- gérant de production
- Thierry Ippolito
- assistant de production
- Vincent Encontre
- Armelle Jayet
- producteur
- Florence Fanelli
- administrateur
- Yasmine Boucherat