Histoire de Détective

Histoire de Détective (1929) is the third film by the Belgian director Charles Dekeukeleire. The film belongs to Dekeukeleire's avant-garde period and exudes the influence of the different avant-garde strands in Europe. Besides Histoire de Détective Dekeukeleire made three other avant-garde films: Combat de Boxe (1927), Impatience (1928) and Witte Vlam (1930).[1]

Histoire de Détective
Directed byCharles Dekeukeleire
Written byMaurice Casteels
StarringPierre Bourgeois
Backgrounds byVictor Servranckx
Release date
  • 1929 (1929)
Running time
138 Minutes
LanguageFrench

Plot

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Detective T is charged by Madame Jonathan to shadow her husband, Monsieur Jonathan, due to his recent distant and distracted behavior. Monsieur Jonathan's travels lead them from Brussels to the Belgian coast, and to Luxembourg. [2]

Credits

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References

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  1. ^ Brismée, Jean (1995). Cinéma: cent ans de cinéma en Belgique. Editions Mardaga. p. 1914. ISBN 978-2-87009-607-9.
  2. ^ a b Dekeukeleire, Charles, Histoire de détective (Thriller), Pierre Bourgeois, retrieved 2021-04-22
  3. ^ "HISTOIRE DE DETECTIVE (1929)". BFI. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  • Storck H., ‘Hommage a Charles Dekeukeleire’, Travelling 56-57 (1980), 82 – 83.
  • Theys M., R. Michelems, e.a., De Belgische film. Le cinéma Belge. Belgian Film, Gent, 1999.
  • Thompson K., ‘(Re)Discovering Charles Dekeukeleire’, Millennium Film Journal 7/8/9 (1980–81). [Online raadpleegbaar op:] *http://www.davidbordwell.net/essays/dekeukeleire.php [13/11/’09]