''Van Gogh'' is a 1948 short French

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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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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

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of a film made the previous year.

Cast

* Claude Dauphin as Récitant / Narrator (voice)

References

External links

* 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