L'enfant de la barricade (1907) "L'enfant de la barricade" is a short film from 1907 by Alice Guy-Blaché. Until recently, this film pioneer had been forgotten. Many of her early experiments and shorts were often attributed by film historians to her male colleagues. But it was Alice Guy Blaché who made the first film with a story in it in 1896. This is also one of them. As the daughter of a publisher and bookkeeper, it is not so strange that it was she who first came up with the idea to film a story. "L'enfant de la barricade" tells the simple story of a boy who is going to get milk for his mother. In the time of the French Revolution, that turned out to be a bit more difficult job than you might think. L'enfant de la barricade (1907) This was the last film Alice Guy Blaché would make before she left for America with her husband. That could explain the choice of theme. "L'enfant de la barricade" has a rather austere design.
Reviews of classic or obscure films. All reviews written by Anne-Marie Steenbergen.