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Films At Fisher: Fourty Thousand Horsemen – 23 June

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“They fought and suffered to emerge triumphant – the greatest cavalry force of modern times”

 

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Forty Thousand Horsemen

(AUS/1940) Dir. Charles Chauvel

Charles Chauvel was Australia’s first major film director. Depicting the actions of Australia’s Light Horse Regiment in Palestine in WW1, the film contains some striking action sequences.

Fisher Library F03

Level 2 Exhibition Space

5:30 pm

 

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Films At Fisher: La Grand Illusion (Fr/1937) – 16 June

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“My chief aim is to express the common humanity of men” – Jean Renoir

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La Grand Illusion

(Fr/1937) Dir. Jean Renoir

Often dubbed the ultimate anti-war film by the greatest of all French film-makers, La Grande Illusion is one of the greatest masterpieces of world cinema. Set in a German POW camp in WW1, the film is sympathetic to all of its characters whilst portraying tensions of nationality, class and race.

Fisher Library F03

Level 2 Exhibition Space

5:30 pm

 

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For staff and students

Check out our other films in the series: Films At Fisher complete program