The Liberation of Paris (1944)
La Libération de Paris
French Resistance's documentary during the liberation of Paris in August 1944.
- Date of release
- 1944-08-26
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 32m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- André Zwobada
Casting
- Charles de Gaulle — Self
- Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque — Self
- Pierre Koenig — Self
- Brigitte Servan Schreiber — Self
- Pierre Blanchar — (voice)
Interesting facts
La Libération de 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.
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 o…
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