Henri d' Ursel

The count Henri d'Ursel was a singular charactor: born in Brussels 1900, he lived in Paris during the 20s, a regular at the homes of the surrealists and avant-garde film-makers, and shot 'The Pearl' under the pseudonym of Henri d'Arche "in the flush of inexperience", as he put it. Returning to Belgium, eternally nostalgic for silent cinema ("the ...