Release Date

29 May, 1937

Runtime

00:11: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Strasbourg - 1792. Prussian armies rage outside France's borders, famine and civil strife within. Urged by the Mayor, a young officer named Rouget de Lisle works on a marching song to rally the King's weary troops.

This MGM Tabloid Musical short tells the story of how France's national anthem, "La Marseillaise", came to be written during the French Revolution.

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Actors

Leon Ames

Frank Austin

Barbara Bedford

Harry Cording

Karl Hackett

Mary Howard

Edward Keane

Mitchell Lewis

Claire McDowell

Louis Mercier

Ferdinand Munier

Forbes Murray

Cap Somers

Harry Wilson

Crew

Roy Rowland

Douglas Foster

David Snell