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.
Year
1978
Country
FR
Language
French
Release date
15 March 1978
TMDB
10.0 (2)
CineVerse
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Sami Frey
Babeuf (segment "Babeuf")
Brigitte Fossey
Andrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Julie Delpy
(segment "La semaine sanglante")
Rosine Cadoret
Innkeeper (segment "Premier empire")
Didier Bezace
Actor (segment "Premier empire")
Marc de Jonge
Allied commissioner (segment "Premier empire")
Philippe Collin
Napoléon (segment "Premier empire")
Georges Azenstarck
Photographer (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Anne Wiazemsky
Elisabeth Dimitrieff (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Pierre Vial
Thiers (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Albert Delpy
(segment "La semaine sanglante")
Catherine Jourdan
(segment "Premier empire") (voice)
Jean Lescot
Secretary of Thiers (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Gérard Boucaron
Undertaker (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Didier Haudepin
Engineer of the three barricades (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Nicole Hiss
Young woman (segment "Premier empire")
M
Martine Bertrand
Peasant woman (segment "Premier empire")
G
Gilles Raab
Allied commissioner (segment "Premier empire")
R
Romain
Soldier (segment "Premier empire")
C
Colette Fellous
Pauline Bonaparte (segment "Premier empire")
J
Jean-Loup Rivière
Bartender (segment "Premier empire")
A
Alain Macé
Actor (segment "Premier empire")
A
André Valverde
Allied commissioner (segment "Premier empire")
P
Philippe Blon
(segment "La semaine sanglante")
P
Pierre Charras
Zouave (segment "La semaine sanglante")
S
Serge Casado
(segment "La semaine sanglante")
T
Thierry Farges
(segment "La semaine sanglante")
S
Suzel Goffre
Versailles woman (segment "La semaine sanglante")
R
Roséliane Goldstein
(segment "La semaine sanglante")
A
Arthur Haas
Harpsichordist (segment "La semaine sanglante")
L
Lisbeth Heulle
Versailles woman (segment "La semaine sanglante")
C
Claude Hébert
(segment "La semaine sanglante")
G
Gilles Katz
Millières (segment "La semaine sanglante")
V
Valère Novarina
Secretary of Thiers (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Jacques Pater
(segment "La semaine sanglante")
Marie Pillet
(segment "La semaine sanglante")
Odile Poisson
Versailles woman (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Anna Prucnal
Polish federate (segment "La semaine sanglante")
S
Sarah Sterling
(segment "La semaine sanglante")
Nada Strancar
Louise Michel (segment "La semaine sanglante")
M
Michèle Veinard
(segment "La semaine sanglante")
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