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195223 minPGdocumentary

5.9/ 10(23 ratings)• TMDB

Hôtel des Invalides

195223 minPGdocumentary

5.9/ 10(23 ratings)• TMDB

Exploring war's absurdity through the lens of Hôtel des Invalides.

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Exploring war's absurdity through the lens of Hôtel des Invalides.

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Georges Franju

Georges Franjudirector

Georges Franju

Georges Franjuwriter

Michel Simon

Michel Simoncast

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A short documentary tour of Paris’s Hôtel des Invalides that uses ironic narration and museum imagery to question the logic and legacy of war.

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