Van Gogh (1948 film)
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''Van Gogh'' is a 1948 short French
documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...
directed by
Alain Resnais Alain Resnais (; 3 June 19221 March 2014) was a French film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included ...
. It won an
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in
1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...
for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). It is a
remake A remake is a film, television series, video game, song or similar form of entertainment that is based upon and retells the story of an earlier production in the same medium—e.g., a "new version of an existing film". A remake tells the same ...
of a film made the previous year.


Cast

* Claude Dauphin as Récitant / Narrator (voice)


References


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* 1948 films 1948 documentary films 1948 short films 1940s French-language films 1940s short documentary films Black-and-white documentary films Documentary films about painters French short documentary films French black-and-white films Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners Films directed by Alain Resnais Short film remakes Films about Vincent van Gogh 1940s French films {{short-documentary-film-stub