| With Drums and Trumpets | |
|---|---|
| French | Avec tambours et trompettes |
| Directed by | Marcel Carrière |
| Produced by | Robert Forget |
| Cinematography | Alain Dostie Bernard Gosselin |
| Edited by | Werner Nold |
| Music by | Donald Douglas |
Production company | |
Release date | 1967 |
Running time | 27:33 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French with English subtitles |
With Drums and Trumpets (French: Avec tambours et trompettes) is a 1967 Canadian documentary film, directed by Marcel Carrière for the National Film Board of Canada.[1]
The film depicts a group of men in Coaticook, Quebec who are performing the roles of the Papal Zouaves in a historical reenactment of the Capture of Rome during the Italian Risorgimento.[2]
In 1867, Pope Pius IX called for volunteers to defend the Papacy against the troops of King Victor-Emmanuel, and Québec sent a contingent of 503 men to join the Papal Zouaves. Filmed at a centenary celebration of this event, the film is a humorous but sympathetic portrait of this elite group.[3]
The film won the Canadian Film Award for Best Documentary Under 30 Minutes at the 20th Canadian Film Awards in 1968.[4]
