L'autre aile (1923) - full transcript
A film restored by the
Cinémathèque française
from the original nitrate
negative in its collection.
Colors have been restored
thanks to the Desmetcolor process,
with the help of tinting
indications noted on the negative
and tinted strips of nitrate positive.
The plot of this film could be
reconstructed thanks to the visual novel
published at the time and preserved
in the Cinémathèque's archive.
The Other Wing
Adapted from Canudo's novel
With Mr. Andreani
as director
Cameramen:
Mssrs. Dantan and Cohendy
Under the artistic direction
of Mr. Dal Medico
Illustrated titles designed by
Sach
The technical part of the aviation was
carried out with the kind cooperation of
Count Brocard, the founder of
the glorious Escadrille des Cigognes.
The other wing
Of neither silk nor wood
nor bleeding light...
An enthusiastic crowd
gathered at the airfield
to witness the exploits
of the famous aviator Raymat.
It's for her line and her light
that Hélène Tarnière was so dearly
loved by the aviator Raymat.
Hélène Tarnière:
Ms. Marthe Ferrare
Costumes by Poiret
Raymat:
André Bertoux
- For our sake...
be careful, my friend.
It was her entire reason for existing that
burned down with the smoking wreckage.
Everything had become gloomy
at Hélène's house,
once one of the glories of
Parisian salons.
Hélène did not cry, but the human
torch that was ablaze in the skies
was still ablaze in her aching eyes.
Madam, thank you for thinking of Raymat's
friend to help you find the rest you seek.
I won't presume to discuss your decision
But I'm afraid of this life for you,
a beautiful life, but a rough one.
In any case, come when you please
and do me the honor of trusting
the total devotion of your servant.
Robert Vraie.
Only the Countess of Aibet
was granted access to her.
The Countess of Aibet:
Mrs. Claude France
- What do you want me to become?...
There was a time that I would've buried
my pain in the silence of a convent.
- Today, as a modern woman, I rely on
action to help me forget the pain.
In the camp of the flying priests.
Robert Vraie:
Mr. Jean Murat
- My life, my energy,
all that I have left,
I offer it to the place
that killed my love.
- I will be stronger than him.
- I have already given up
my life as a woman for good.
That is not what scares me.
And Hélène Tarnière locked up her suppleness,
destroyed the elegance of her lines
in a work suit.
You know Gaston Lager...
a lifelong friend... an enthusiast.
Gaston Lager:
Charles Vanel
Mrs. Diana.
(Ms. Mary Harald)
Do you really think you are
cut out for this life as a boy?
- It's your first journey in the air...
Are you ready?
- The air has done me all possible harm,
it can do nothing more to me.
- Another blowhard!
- Head towards the sun,
don't change directions...
head towards the sun...
it's burning like a great fire.
Active life brought some relief
to Hélène Tarnière.
- See to it that you don't
hunt on my lands, will you?
It was the eve of the day
she was to fly solo for the first time.
- The fool!...
He looks rather annoyed!
- So touching!
- I'm not fooled by your grand airs...
Don't think that you are
the queen of aviation yet.
- Are you still mad at me?
Because of you...
I can't live with Diane anymore...
she knows that I admire you...
A blind resentment,
multiplied by jealousy,
pushed the dancer
to criminal insanity.
- Idiot, I'm only doing this
to prevent Hélène from flying
and may be killing herself.
Do you want me to believe that it's not
jealousy that made you do this?
- You won't say a word, will you?
The next morning,
the directors visited to the camp
on the occasion of Hélène's first flight.
- My dear Vraie, a splendid acquisition...
Great publicity for us!
- We didn't sleep all night...
What a party my friend!
- Good heavens... my dear...
Looks like you're going to fly too.
Hélène's growing fame had aroused
the interest of a large competitor.
- At any cost... we must get this
Hélène Tarnière to come work for us.
- God, you are beautiful!
- Let me go...
Up there... Up there...
Look...
in the murderous air...
- Look at the burning sun...
There is a man's face in the middle.
Reporters from major newspapers
sought the honor
of interviewing of the star of the moment.
... and if you would be kind enough
to fix an appointment with us,
we'll let you know about the brilliant
contract that we are ready to sign
to have you head our team of high-flyers.
The management, L. Lirard
- Think about it!...
But it's all the gold and glory
possible that they are offering you.
- Are you crazy?
HÉLÈNE TARNIÈRE: QUEEN OF THE AIR
Her admirers and friends
Mud on the wings
- Trust me, I'll write you an article on
this Tarnière that people will talk about.
On that subject...
Diane wants to fly too.
- Hey! Diane is as good as that show-off Hélène.
And yet the fraternity
between these two men
bore the seal of glorious sufferings
that they had experienced together.
- You're the reason for this too!
- You were wrong...
I know how to defend myself
and had I known that it was for me...
- I call the shots here, and you will
leave the camp immediately.
The new Paris-Nice airline
had the industrial circles excited.
- You have my promise.
We will make Diane de Kenn an aviator
who will overshadow Hélène Tarnière.
- We have only one serious competitor,
it's Robert Vraie.
- I'll take care of him!
- You don't understand that
one of our biggest orders
depends on this airplane duel.
- Our reputation is at stake...
and so is your courage.
- An aviator is not a jockey you bet on...
and my courage has soared over
battlefields too many times
for you to doubt it.
...Your stupid love
that your mechanics make fun of...
...You are the only one that doesn't
notice her feelings for Lager...
A friend.
- Well! It's a deal, I accept the challenge.
- Me too...
I want to take part in the contest...
- Coward!
- Coward!!! Sign me up for the contest;
Ours will not be a duel of airplanes;
There will be no mercy up there.
It will be just you and me.
What a pity!... Some new villainy...
anonymous probably...
- It is better that I leave the camp.
- Hélène, then you will never
understand what I go through...
I love you...I...
- No...
No, you mustn't love me, Robert...
My heart was consumed with that
of another man that the fire devoured.
- What is she crying for?...
Her former love...
or the one she is resisting?
- It's a real tournament,
it will be terrible and beautiful...
We must win.
- What's the matter?...
Are you scared of Gaston Lager?
- Come and see if I'm scared...
- This is madness,
we can't make sense of it...
Looks like he wants to kill himself...
- But it's perfect,
it's great publicity,
tomorrow, all the newspapers will know
that our airplanes can fly in the storm.
- Yes... it's not the man that
interests you, it's the machine.
- I won't go...
I promise.
But Hélène didn't have to fly.
...We just learnt that no male aviator
agreed to compete in the air with a woman,
and accepted Hélène Tarnière's challenge
- So, are we agreed?...
It's your airplane that has
burned down, Hélène...
The day of the contest was finally here.
Isn't that Gaston Lager's airplane
up there?
The contest was to end
with a night performance;
Journey between Paris and Nice,
round-trip the same night.
- It's a sabotage...
Your plane was set on fire
just to divert attention.
Robert suffered a lot,
but nothing essential of his
modern athlete's body had been destroyed.
- Step on it,
Drive her to the devil...
- Hélène...
I'm happy... You're here.
- Hélène... Are you crying?
Why?...
- Robert... my friend...
the other wing... of neither wood nor silk...
but that of love...
It isn't broken, is it?
.... wing of love and life. - Canudo
Cinémathèque française
from the original nitrate
negative in its collection.
Colors have been restored
thanks to the Desmetcolor process,
with the help of tinting
indications noted on the negative
and tinted strips of nitrate positive.
The plot of this film could be
reconstructed thanks to the visual novel
published at the time and preserved
in the Cinémathèque's archive.
The Other Wing
Adapted from Canudo's novel
With Mr. Andreani
as director
Cameramen:
Mssrs. Dantan and Cohendy
Under the artistic direction
of Mr. Dal Medico
Illustrated titles designed by
Sach
The technical part of the aviation was
carried out with the kind cooperation of
Count Brocard, the founder of
the glorious Escadrille des Cigognes.
The other wing
Of neither silk nor wood
nor bleeding light...
An enthusiastic crowd
gathered at the airfield
to witness the exploits
of the famous aviator Raymat.
It's for her line and her light
that Hélène Tarnière was so dearly
loved by the aviator Raymat.
Hélène Tarnière:
Ms. Marthe Ferrare
Costumes by Poiret
Raymat:
André Bertoux
- For our sake...
be careful, my friend.
It was her entire reason for existing that
burned down with the smoking wreckage.
Everything had become gloomy
at Hélène's house,
once one of the glories of
Parisian salons.
Hélène did not cry, but the human
torch that was ablaze in the skies
was still ablaze in her aching eyes.
Madam, thank you for thinking of Raymat's
friend to help you find the rest you seek.
I won't presume to discuss your decision
But I'm afraid of this life for you,
a beautiful life, but a rough one.
In any case, come when you please
and do me the honor of trusting
the total devotion of your servant.
Robert Vraie.
Only the Countess of Aibet
was granted access to her.
The Countess of Aibet:
Mrs. Claude France
- What do you want me to become?...
There was a time that I would've buried
my pain in the silence of a convent.
- Today, as a modern woman, I rely on
action to help me forget the pain.
In the camp of the flying priests.
Robert Vraie:
Mr. Jean Murat
- My life, my energy,
all that I have left,
I offer it to the place
that killed my love.
- I will be stronger than him.
- I have already given up
my life as a woman for good.
That is not what scares me.
And Hélène Tarnière locked up her suppleness,
destroyed the elegance of her lines
in a work suit.
You know Gaston Lager...
a lifelong friend... an enthusiast.
Gaston Lager:
Charles Vanel
Mrs. Diana.
(Ms. Mary Harald)
Do you really think you are
cut out for this life as a boy?
- It's your first journey in the air...
Are you ready?
- The air has done me all possible harm,
it can do nothing more to me.
- Another blowhard!
- Head towards the sun,
don't change directions...
head towards the sun...
it's burning like a great fire.
Active life brought some relief
to Hélène Tarnière.
- See to it that you don't
hunt on my lands, will you?
It was the eve of the day
she was to fly solo for the first time.
- The fool!...
He looks rather annoyed!
- So touching!
- I'm not fooled by your grand airs...
Don't think that you are
the queen of aviation yet.
- Are you still mad at me?
Because of you...
I can't live with Diane anymore...
she knows that I admire you...
A blind resentment,
multiplied by jealousy,
pushed the dancer
to criminal insanity.
- Idiot, I'm only doing this
to prevent Hélène from flying
and may be killing herself.
Do you want me to believe that it's not
jealousy that made you do this?
- You won't say a word, will you?
The next morning,
the directors visited to the camp
on the occasion of Hélène's first flight.
- My dear Vraie, a splendid acquisition...
Great publicity for us!
- We didn't sleep all night...
What a party my friend!
- Good heavens... my dear...
Looks like you're going to fly too.
Hélène's growing fame had aroused
the interest of a large competitor.
- At any cost... we must get this
Hélène Tarnière to come work for us.
- God, you are beautiful!
- Let me go...
Up there... Up there...
Look...
in the murderous air...
- Look at the burning sun...
There is a man's face in the middle.
Reporters from major newspapers
sought the honor
of interviewing of the star of the moment.
... and if you would be kind enough
to fix an appointment with us,
we'll let you know about the brilliant
contract that we are ready to sign
to have you head our team of high-flyers.
The management, L. Lirard
- Think about it!...
But it's all the gold and glory
possible that they are offering you.
- Are you crazy?
HÉLÈNE TARNIÈRE: QUEEN OF THE AIR
Her admirers and friends
Mud on the wings
- Trust me, I'll write you an article on
this Tarnière that people will talk about.
On that subject...
Diane wants to fly too.
- Hey! Diane is as good as that show-off Hélène.
And yet the fraternity
between these two men
bore the seal of glorious sufferings
that they had experienced together.
- You're the reason for this too!
- You were wrong...
I know how to defend myself
and had I known that it was for me...
- I call the shots here, and you will
leave the camp immediately.
The new Paris-Nice airline
had the industrial circles excited.
- You have my promise.
We will make Diane de Kenn an aviator
who will overshadow Hélène Tarnière.
- We have only one serious competitor,
it's Robert Vraie.
- I'll take care of him!
- You don't understand that
one of our biggest orders
depends on this airplane duel.
- Our reputation is at stake...
and so is your courage.
- An aviator is not a jockey you bet on...
and my courage has soared over
battlefields too many times
for you to doubt it.
...Your stupid love
that your mechanics make fun of...
...You are the only one that doesn't
notice her feelings for Lager...
A friend.
- Well! It's a deal, I accept the challenge.
- Me too...
I want to take part in the contest...
- Coward!
- Coward!!! Sign me up for the contest;
Ours will not be a duel of airplanes;
There will be no mercy up there.
It will be just you and me.
What a pity!... Some new villainy...
anonymous probably...
- It is better that I leave the camp.
- Hélène, then you will never
understand what I go through...
I love you...I...
- No...
No, you mustn't love me, Robert...
My heart was consumed with that
of another man that the fire devoured.
- What is she crying for?...
Her former love...
or the one she is resisting?
- It's a real tournament,
it will be terrible and beautiful...
We must win.
- What's the matter?...
Are you scared of Gaston Lager?
- Come and see if I'm scared...
- This is madness,
we can't make sense of it...
Looks like he wants to kill himself...
- But it's perfect,
it's great publicity,
tomorrow, all the newspapers will know
that our airplanes can fly in the storm.
- Yes... it's not the man that
interests you, it's the machine.
- I won't go...
I promise.
But Hélène didn't have to fly.
...We just learnt that no male aviator
agreed to compete in the air with a woman,
and accepted Hélène Tarnière's challenge
- So, are we agreed?...
It's your airplane that has
burned down, Hélène...
The day of the contest was finally here.
Isn't that Gaston Lager's airplane
up there?
The contest was to end
with a night performance;
Journey between Paris and Nice,
round-trip the same night.
- It's a sabotage...
Your plane was set on fire
just to divert attention.
Robert suffered a lot,
but nothing essential of his
modern athlete's body had been destroyed.
- Step on it,
Drive her to the devil...
- Hélène...
I'm happy... You're here.
- Hélène... Are you crying?
Why?...
- Robert... my friend...
the other wing... of neither wood nor silk...
but that of love...
It isn't broken, is it?
.... wing of love and life. - Canudo