A Bomb for a Dictator

A Bomb for a Dictator
Directed byAlex Joffé
Written byAlex Joffé
Jean Le Vitte
Produced byPierre Lévy-Corti
StarringPierre Fresnay
Michel Auclair
Tilda Thamar
CinematographyLéonce-Henri Burel
Edited byRaymond Lamy
Music byPaul Misraki
Production
companies
Cinégraph
Coopérative Générale du Cinéma
Films Régent
Distributed byPathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date
  • 8 November 1957 (1957-11-08)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

A Bomb for a Dictator or The Fanatics (French: Les fanatiques) is a 1957 French thriller film directed by Alex Joffé and starring Pierre Fresnay, Michel Auclair and Tilda Thamar.[1][2][3] It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris and on location at Nice Airport. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Paris.

Synopsis

While a tyrannical South American dictator is visiting Europe a group of revolutionaries plan to assassinate his private plane. However, when it turns out he has changed his plans and will be flying back on a commercial flight they have to do decide whether to carry on with their plans even though it will lead to the deaths of the other passengers, or let him return to seek revenge on the plotters.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Dalle Vacche p. 174
  2. ^ Katz p. 397
  3. ^ Oscherwitz & Higgins p. 158

Bibliography

  • Dalle Vacche, Angela . André Bazin's Film Theory: Art, Science, Religion. Oxford University Press, 2020.
  • Katz, Ephraim. The Film Encyclopedia. Crowell, 1979.
  • Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.


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