HENRI STORCK: THE OSTEND FILMS

HENRI STORCK: THE OSTEND FILMS

"Henri Storck (Ostende 1907 Bruxelles 1999) lived through the whole history of cinema, passing from silent to sound, and from experimental to commercial films. He is recognised as a pioneer of Belgian cinema and a key figure in documentary. An eyewitness of his times, he made socially engaged films, but also poetic and experimental short films, films on art and a fiction feature. His body of work consists of 70 films, including a series of accounts, presented on this DVD, on his native city Ostend, of which he was the chronicler ..."--Container.

STORCK, Henri

Cinematek

2011

Blu-Ray & DVD

French and Dutch w/ Dutch and English subtitles.

S86 011 DVD

97 min.