La Liberation de Paris
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| La Libération de Paris l'insurrection Nationale inséparable de la Libération Nationale |
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| Written by | Pierre Bost |
| Narrated by | Pierre Blanchar |
| Starring | Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque Charles de Gaulle Georges Bidault Alexandre Parodi Marie-Pierre Koenig Alphonse Juin Brigitte Servan Schreiber |
| Distributed by | Le Comite de Liberation du Cinema Francais France Libre Actualites |
| Release date(s) |  September 1, 1944 |
| Running time | 31:27 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
La Libération de Paris (The Liberation of Paris) is a short historical documentary shot in secret by small propaganda units of the French Resistance during the battle for Paris in August 1944.[1]
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[edit] Production
The French Cinema's Resistance Network (Réseau de Résistance du Cinéma Français) was created in late 1940 following the Fall of France and the German occupation.[2]
Between 1943-1944 the Resistance Network shot the life and combats of the Maquis du Vercors bessieged by Germans occupation troops and released it as a propaganda short documentary titled In the heart of the Thunderstorm (Au cœur de l'Orage) directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois.[3]
From August 16 to August 27 1944 during the battle for Paris, small units of the Resistance Network shot on location, developed and edited l'insurrection Nationale inséparable de la Libération Nationale ("the national insurrection inseparable from the national liberation") that would become La Libération de Paris ("the liberation of Paris") once released in theaters in the following days.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Le Journal de la Résistance : La Libération de Paris, National Audiovisual Institute, September 1st, 1944
- ^ Le Journal de la Résistance : La Libération de Paris, National Audiovisual Institute, September 1st, 1944
- ^ Le Journal de la Résistance : La Libération de Paris, National Audiovisual Institute, September 1st, 1944
- ^ Le Journal de la Résistance : La Libération de Paris, National Audiovisual Institute, September 1st, 1944
[edit] See also
- Liberation of Paris
- In the heart of the thunderstorm (1944)
- Is Paris Burning? (1966)
[edit] Media links
- La Libération de Paris, Archive.org
