La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2003)
Napoléon III perd la guerre contre la Prusse après un siège de Paris particulièrement dur pour le peuple parisien. Nous sommes en 1870-1871 et la misère est grande. Les 17 et 18 mars 1871, le peuple parisien, qui refuse la capitulation, se révolte. La Commune de Paris est née. Alors que la télévision versaillaise rapporte l'événement de façon partielle et orientée, une commission communarde se crée et s'organise pour relayer ce moment qui, bien que majeur dans l'histoire du mouvement ouvrier, reste néanmoins l'une des périodes les plus méconnues de l'histoire de France. Les journalistes se rendent sur les lieux où naît la Commune : mairie, barricades, clubs féministes, etc. et procèdent à des interviews pour rendre compte à la population de la réalité. Les gens disent leurs rêves, leurs révoltes, leurs combats et opposent leur opinions.
Directeur: Peter Watkins
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Eliane Annie Adalto as Laundress |
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Pierre Barbieux as Child in Cour Popincourt |
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Bernard Bombeau as Baker |
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Maylis Bouffartigue as Marie-Louise Théron |
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Geneviève Capy as Doctor's wife |
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Anne Carlier as Laundress |
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Véronique Couzon as Marie-Louise Beauger |
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Piotr Daskiewicz as Polish Officer |
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Nicole Defer as Owner of dressmaking workshop & laundry |
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Patrick Dell'Isola as Emile Léonard Morterol |
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Jürgen Ellinghaus as Versailles Army Officer |
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Caroline Esnard-Benoit as Baker's wife |
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Gérard Watkins as Gérard Bourlet |
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Aurélia Petit as Blanche Capellier |
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Roland Fontaine as Child in Cour Popincourt |
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Przermyslaw Galkiewicz as Polish Officer |
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Jean-Michel Gallois as Concièrge |
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Joachim Gatti as Joachim Rivière |
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Jean Giacinti as Adolphe Thiers |
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Virginie Guibbaud as Léontine Rombert |
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Armelle Hounkanin as Françoise Boidard |
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Catherine Humbert as Marguerite Lachaise |
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Steve Kreisler as Wickham Hoffmann (US Attaché) |
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Lucette Labreuil as Owner of Café Watrin |
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Michel Labreuil as Proprietor of Café Watrin |
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Rémy Le Champion as Policeman |
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Jean Legal as Doctor |
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Elisabeth Lemaitre as Pawnbroker |
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Gaston Lepage as Child in Cour Popincourt |
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Manon Lepage as Child in Cour Popincourt |
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Micheline Letourneur as Laundress |
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Béatrice Mandelbrot as Laundress |
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Elsy Mandelbrot as Convent school pupil |
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Leila Mandelbrot as Child in Cour Popincourt |
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Tilly Mandelbrot as Child in Cour Popincourt |
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Samy Nogaro as Émile Théron |
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Laurent Parisi as Policeman |
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Flora Pierre as Laundress |
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Marek Przbyla as Polish Officer |
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Prune Sauvageot as Child in Cour Popincourt |
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Pascal Schiltz as Sailor |
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Dirk Sikorski as Anatole Cordier, 66ème |
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Zinedine Vergnaud as Child in Cour Popincourt |
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Philippe Welsh as Le père |
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François Damiens as Un réparateur de fusils de la garde nationale (uncredited) |
| Directing | Peter Watkins | Director |
| Writing | Agathe Bluysen | Writer |
| Writing | Peter Watkins | Writer |
| Camera | Odd-Geir Sæther | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Agathe Bluysen | Editor |
| Editing | Patrick Watkins | Editor |
| Editing | Peter Watkins | Editor |
| Editing | Olivier Ferrari | Editor |
| Art | Patrice Le Turcq | Production Design |
| Directing | Romuald Weber | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jean-François Priester | Sound |
| Sound | Sébastien Savine | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Arnaud Guelle | Key Hair Stylist |
| Directing | Vanessa Djian | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Bertrand Etienne | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Galatae Politis | First Assistant Camera |