La Libération de Paris (The Liberation of Paris) is a short historical documentary film shot in secret by small units of the French Resistance during the Battle for Paris in August 1944.[1]
| La Libération de Paris l'insurrection Nationale inséparable de la Libération Nationale | |
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 Titlescreen | |
| Directed by | André Zwobada |
| Written by | Pierre Bost |
| Starring | Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque Charles de Gaulle Georges Bidault Alexandre Parodi Marie-Pierre Koenig Alphonse Juin Brigitte Servan-Schreiber |
| Narrated by | Pierre Blanchar |
| Distributed by | Le Comité de Libération du Cinéma Français France Libre Actualités |
Release date |
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Running time | 31:27 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Production
editIn 1943, a group of French filmmakers, which included Louis Daquin, Jean Grémillon, Jacques Becker, and Pierre Renoir (Jean's brother), founded the Comité de libération du cinéma français. Technicians from this group filmed the uprising in Paris from its beginnings on August 19, 1944, and the footage was developed and edited for the film, which was released to French theaters on September 1, 1944, immediately after the German departure from the occupied territories.[2]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Le Journal de la Résistance : La Libération de Paris, National Audiovisual Institute, September 1st, 1944
- ^ Hoffmann, Hilmar (1997-01-01). The Triumph of Propaganda. John A. Broadwin and Volker Rolf Berghahn, translators. Berghahn Books. ISBN 9781571811226. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
Media links
edit- La Libération de Paris, Archive.org
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