The Madness of the Valiants

Drama · 1926

A symbolist portrait of two gypsies in love, this captivating film finds Dulac deconstructing onscreen gender roles and striving to achieve her idea of cinema as a “visual symphony,” emphasizing rhythmic editing over acting to achieve a “cinema of suggestion.”

Starring

Maurice Forster, Lia Loo, Maxim Gorky, Maxim Gorky, Raphaël Lievin, Germaine Dulac, Castelluci, Germaine Dulac

Director

Germaine Dulac