La Coquille et le Clergyman (1926, Germaine Dulac)

The Seashell and the Clergyman (French: La Coquille et le clergyman) is considered by many to be the first surrealist film. It was directed by Germaine Dulac, from an original scenario by Antonin Artaud, and premiered in Paris on 9 February 1928. The film follows the erotic hallucinations of a priest lusting after the wife of a general.

Director: Germaine Dulac
Writer: Antonin Artaud
Stars: Alex Allin, Genica Athanasiou and Lucien Bataille

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017775/

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[Nico Wandel]

schitterend!

[Gisèle Le fiacre]

voyage en italie 2012...

[SSPMedia UK]

Thank you for uploading this. Some might consider this as the first surrealist film but actually, the first surrealist film was Le Retour à la raison (1923) - Man Ray.

[OneLoveWorldImports]

no it isn't. altho i'm not sure how did this rescoring, here's a link to steven severin's version:

stevenseverin.bandcamp.com/tra­ck/the-seashell-and-the-clegym­an-part-1

stevenseverin.bandcamp.com/tra­ck/the-seashell-and-the-clegym­an-part-2

[mcg413]

LOL

[Conor Thor]

thats what my theatre studies teacher says so i think thats about right ;)

[ILoooooveCamels]

And who knew he had a thing for Frances McDormand's grandmother?

[peterlivingstone]

Love the sweeping women at 18.34.

[JackyVSO]

So funny. You can tell who inspired Monty Python...

[TheWeekendWolf]

is this the version with rescoring by steven severin of siouxie & the banshees w/ the black cat orchestra?