The Burgomaster of Stilemonde

The Burgomaster of Stilemonde
Directed byGeorge Banfield
Written byMaurice Maeterlinck (play)
StarringJohn Martin Harvey
Fern Andra
Robert Andrews
John F. Hamilton
Production
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Distributed byWoolf & Freedman Film Service
Release dates
  • January 1929 (1929-01) (Trade Show)[1]
  • 20 May 1929 (1929-05-20) (General)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSound (Synchronzied)
English Intertitles
Budget£20,000[2]

The Burgomaster of Stilemonde is a 1929 British sound drama film. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film was directed by George Banfield and starring John Martin Harvey, Fern Andra and Robert Andrews. It was made at Walthamstow Studios and on location in Belgium. It was based on the 1918 play Le Bourgmestre de Stilmonde by Maurice Maeterlinck. Like the play, it portrays German atrocities during the First World War occupation of Belgium. It was well received by critics.[3]

Cast

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Music

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The film featured a theme song entitled "As The Sun Goes Down" which was composed by Pat Heale and Fred Elizalde.

References

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  1. ^ Low (1971), p. 343.
  2. ^ Low (1971), p. 278.
  3. ^ Low (1971), p. 197.

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael (1971). History of the British Film, 1918–1929. George Allen & Unwin.
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