America as Seen by a Frenchman (1960)
L'Amérique insolite
At the end of the 1950s, French documentarian François Reichenbach spent eighteen months traveling the United States, documenting its diverse regions, their inhabitants, and their pastimes. The result is a journey through a multitude of different Americas, filtered through a French sensibility.
- Date of release
- 1960-06-08
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- François Reichenbach
Casting
- Jean Cocteau — Narrator (Afterword)
- Paul Klinger — Narrator (German Version)
- June Richmond — Sings: The Zulu-Song
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