The original screenplay told the story of a young man from the countryside with a city education: a boorish, violent character filled with a desperate, purely urban unease. Dekeukeleire transformed him into a butcher who commits an act of rebellion during a political demonstration at the foot of the Yser Tower (with authentic images of the 1930 meeting) which is being suppressed brutally by the authorities. White Flame secretes a drifting air of unreality straight out of Buñuel, born out of 'carnal' close-ups and an editing style which owes a great deal to Soviet films of that period.
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Charles Dekeukeleire Director · Willem Rombauts Writer
First release December 31, 1930 · Produced in Belgium · Original title Witte vlam
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Belgium
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Original title
Witte vlam
Original language
Dutch
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No dialogue
Release dates
Netherlands · December 31, 1930
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