Goya--The Disasters of War

Duration: 20 min

Year Published: 1951

Creator: Argus Films: Publisher

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Presents the series of lithographs by Fransisco De Goya on the Napoleonic War in Spain in 1807. Musical accompaniment of harpsichord and drum.

Complete Record: In 1807, Spain was “peacefully” invaded by the armies of Napoleon, plunging the country into a long, cruel and bloody war. Francisco de Goya, the great Spanish painter, recorded the catastrophe of this war in a series of lithographs which are reproduced in this film. The transition from peace to rebellion, the brutality and futility of total war, and the grimness of death, are portrayed with bitter clarity by the artist. Narrated by Joseph Armesto and American narration by Frank Gehlein.

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