La Commune (Paris, 1871)
2003•5h 45m•7.5•Released
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We are in the year 1871. A journalist for Versailles Television broadcasts a soothing and official view of events while a Commune television is set up to provide the perspectives of the Paris rebels. On a stage-like set, more than 200 actors interpret characters of the Commune, especially the Popincourt neighborhood in the XIth arrondissement. They voice their thoughts and feelings concerning the social and political reforms.
Director
Peter Watkins
Writer
Peter Watkins, Agathe Bluysen
Languages
French
Studio
La Sept-Arte
Cast
Eliane Annie Adalto
Laundress
Pierre Barbieux
Child in Cour Popincourt
Bernard Bombeau
Baker
Maylis Bouffartigue
Marie-Louise Théron
Geneviève Capy
Doctor's wife
Anne Carlier
Laundress
Véronique Couzon
Marie-Louise Beauger
Piotr Daskiewicz
Polish Officer
Nicole Defer
Owner of dressmaking workshop & laundry
Patrick Dell'Isola
Emile Léonard Morterol
Jürgen Ellinghaus
Versailles Army Officer
Caroline Esnard-Benoit
Baker's wife
Gérard Watkins
Gérard Bourlet
Aurélia Petit
Blanche Capellier
Roland Fontaine
Child in Cour Popincourt
Production
Company
La Sept-Arte
Company
Musée d'Orsay
Company
13 Prods
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