Watch Story of the Unknown Soldier (1932) Online

For Histoire du soldat inconnu (Story of the Unknown Soldier) Storck watched newsreels for the whole of 1928, the year when 60 nations signed a pact outlawing war, and juxtaposed this heart-warming utopia with the signs of a forthcoming conflict (this was in 1932) – burgeoning nationalism, police brutality, excessive colonialism, bellicose politics. Ferocious editing sarcastically juxtaposes these good intentions with the political farce of speeches and parades, all to the tune of factory chimneys collapsing in slow motion and the exhumed body of an “unknown soldier”. —cinematek.be Read More

Watch Story of the Unknown Soldier online. Featuring Benito Mussolini and Philippe Pétain, Story of the Unknown Soldier is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 7.7. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in Belgium and was released on 1932. Story of the Unknown Soldier was directed by Henri Storck. Read Less