La Libération de Paris

La Libération de Paris
l'insurrection Nationale inséparable de la Libération Nationale
Titlescreen
Directed byAndré Zwobada
Written byPierre Bost
StarringPhilippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Bidault
Alexandre Parodi
Marie-Pierre Koenig
Alphonse Juin
Brigitte Servan-Schreiber
Narrated byPierre Blanchar
Distributed byLe Comité de Libération du Cinéma Français
France Libre Actualités
Release date
  • September 1, 1944 (1944-09-01)
Running time
31:27 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

La Libération de Paris (The Liberation of Paris) is a short historical documentary film shot in secret by small units of the French Resistance during the Battle for Paris in August 1944.[1]

Production

In 1943, a group of French filmmakers, which included Louis Daquin, Jean Grémillon, Jacques Becker, and Pierre Renoir (Jean's brother), founded the Comité de libération du cinéma français. Technicians from this group filmed the uprising in Paris from its beginnings on August 19, 1944, and the footage was developed and edited for the film, which was released to French theaters on September 1, 1944, immediately after the German departure from the occupied territories.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Le Journal de la Résistance : La Libération de Paris, National Audiovisual Institute, September 1st, 1944
  2. ^ Hoffmann, Hilmar (1997-01-01). The Triumph of Propaganda. John A. Broadwin and Volker Rolf Berghahn, translators. Berghahn Books. ISBN 9781571811226. Retrieved 2009-08-05.


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