The General
The Generalby Buster Keaton1h371926United States
Recommended byChristophe Gans, Cristian Mungiu, Luc Moullet, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, José Luis Guerín, William Friedkin, Christian Petzold, Paul Vecchiali, Michel Ocelot, Dominique and Fiona Abel & Gordon, Pete Docter, Elia Suleiman, Francis Veber
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When Union spies steal an engineer's beloved locomotive, he pursues it single-handedly and straight through enemy lines.
Credits
- Production Compagny : Buster Keaton Productions, Joseph M. Schenck Productions
- Original Work Author : William Pittenger
- Photo Director : Devereaux Jennings, Bert Haines
- Set Decoration : Harry Roselotte
- Costume Design : J.K. Pitcarin
- Editing : Harry Barnes, Sherman Kell
- Original Music : Joe Hisaishi
- Producer : Joseph M. Schenck, Buster Keaton
- Director : Buster Keaton
- Scenario : Buster Keaton
- Distributor : Collection Lobster Films
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1926
- French release date : 24 February 1927
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : Silent