Le Corbeau ~ Tony Williams

Nicolò Maganzini

Historical Setting

1943 - France

Nazi

Occupation _

1940 1944

«Zone Libre»

~ Vichy

Reception

~ Bad portrayal of French!

~ Bad portrayal of family, Church!

~ Fascist ideals!

Directors often…

Hid behind the formal beauty of

their mise-en-scene and the elegant construction of their screenplays as

if to draw a curtain between their

ideas and anyone in the audience who might be offended by those ideas.

~ E. Ehrlich

Life during

Nazi Occupation

New cinematic style:

proto-film noir

Noir + Hollywood + German Expressionism

Evoke atmosphere in France

Camera Movement:

06.53

Camera Movement:

02.50

Camera Movement:

45.00

48.25

Sound:

48.25

02.50

Themes/Metaphors:

Blackmail, spies, informants

Moral Relativism vs Moral Certitude

Swinging lightbulb, Globe

Critique of Femme Fatale

Looks Are Deceiving

Gestapo