Civil Wars in France (1978)
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.
Directors: Vincent Nordon, François Barat, Joël Farges.
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Sami Frey as Babeuf (segment "Babeuf") |
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Brigitte Fossey as Andrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Julie Delpy as (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Rosine Cadoret as Innkeeper (segment "Premier empire") |
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Didier Bezace as Actor (segment "Premier empire") |
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Marc de Jonge as Allied commissioner (segment "Premier empire") |
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Philippe Collin as Napoléon (segment "Premier empire") |
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Georges Azenstarck as Photographer (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Anne Wiazemsky as Elisabeth Dimitrieff (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Pierre Vial as Thiers (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Albert Delpy as (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Catherine Jourdan as (segment "Premier empire") (voice) |
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Jean Lescot as Secretary of Thiers (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Gérard Boucaron as Undertaker (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Didier Haudepin as Engineer of the three barricades (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Nicole Hiss as Young woman (segment "Premier empire") |
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Martine Bertrand as Peasant woman (segment "Premier empire") |
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Gilles Raab as Allied commissioner (segment "Premier empire") |
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Romain as Soldier (segment "Premier empire") |
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Colette Fellous as Pauline Bonaparte (segment "Premier empire") |
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Jean-Loup Rivière as Bartender (segment "Premier empire") |
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Alain Macé as Actor (segment "Premier empire") |
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André Valverde as Allied commissioner (segment "Premier empire") |
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Philippe Blon as (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Pierre Charras as Zouave (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Serge Casado as (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Thierry Farges as (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Suzel Goffre as Versailles woman (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Roséliane Goldstein as (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Arthur Haas as Harpsichordist (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Lisbeth Heulle as Versailles woman (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Claude Hébert as (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Gilles Katz as Millières (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Valère Novarina as Secretary of Thiers (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Jacques Pater as (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Marie Pillet as (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Odile Poisson as Versailles woman (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Anna Prucnal as Polish federate (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Sarah Sterling as (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Nada Strancar as Louise Michel (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
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Michèle Veinard as (segment "La semaine sanglante") |
| Directing | Vincent Nordon | Director |
| Directing | François Barat | Director |
| Directing | Joël Farges | Director |
| Editing | Solange Leprince | Editor |
| Production | Olivier Nouaille | Production Manager |
| Writing | François Barat | Writer |
| Art | Louis Decques | Production Design |
| Directing | Gérard Mordillat | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Jean-Claude Hugon | Cinematography |
| Writing | Joël Farges | Writer |
| Production | Pierre Barat | Delegated Producer |
| Editing | Olivier Grégoire | Editor |
| Production | Agnès Datin | Producer |
| Directing | Marie-Annick Jarlegan | Second Assistant Director |
| Writing | Vincent Nordon | Writer |
| Sound | Louis Hochet | Sound |
| Directing | Jean-Paul Diet | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kitty Lussaud | Costume Design |
| Crew | Alain Robbe-Grillet | Technical Advisor |
