Civil Wars in France (1978)

10.0 March 15, 1978 2h 15m Released
DramaWarHistory

Three episodes from the history of socialism: Babeuf, whose virulent discourse is a radical assessment of the bourgeois revolution of 1789 (Vincent Nordon episode); the legend of Napoleon I, or the formation of the state as it still dominates today (François Barat episode); and the carnage of the Paris Commune, which official history strives to repress and forget (Joël Farges episode). What does it mean to make a historical film today? It means illuminating the present in the light of the past, and therefore adopting the new modes of modern storytelling to challenge what dominates us, structures us, and oppresses us.

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Cast

  • Sami Frey

    Sami Frey

    Babeuf (segment "Babeuf")

  • Brigitte Fossey

    Brigitte Fossey

    Andrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante")

  • Julie Delpy

    Julie Delpy

    (segment "La semaine sanglante")

  • Rosine Cadoret

    Rosine Cadoret

    Innkeeper (segment "Premier empire")

  • Didier Bezace

    Didier Bezace

    Actor (segment "Premier empire")

  • Marc de Jonge

    Marc de Jonge

    Allied commissioner (segment "Premier empire")

  • Philippe Collin

    Philippe Collin

    Napoléon (segment "Premier empire")

  • Georges Azenstarck

    Georges Azenstarck

    Photographer (segment "La semaine sanglante")

  • Anne Wiazemsky

    Anne Wiazemsky

    Elisabeth Dimitrieff (segment "La semaine sanglante")

  • Pierre Vial

    Pierre Vial

    Thiers (segment "La semaine sanglante")

  • Albert Delpy

    Albert Delpy

    (segment "La semaine sanglante")

  • Catherine Jourdan

    Catherine Jourdan

    (segment "Premier empire") (voice)

  • Jean Lescot

    Jean Lescot

    Secretary of Thiers (segment "La semaine sanglante")

  • Gérard Boucaron

    Gérard Boucaron

    Undertaker (segment "La semaine sanglante")

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