La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2003)
In 1871, a journalist for Versailles Television broadcasts a soothing and official view of events while a Commune television is set up to provide the perspectives of the Paris rebels. On a stage-like set, more than 200 actors interpret denizens of the Commune, especially the Popincourt neighborhood in the XIth arrondissement. They voice thoughts and feelings concerning the social and political reforms.
- Date of release
- 2003-07-03
- TMDB
- 7.6 / 10 (47)
- Runtime
- 5h 45m
- Genres
- War, Drama, History
- Director
- Peter Watkins
Casting
- Eliane Annie Adalto — Laundress
- Pierre Barbieux — Child in Cour Popincourt
- Bernard Bombeau — Baker
- Maylis Bouffartigue — Marie-Louise Théron
- Geneviève Capy — Doctor's wife
- Anne Carlier — Laundress
- Véronique Couzon — Marie-Louise Beauger
- Piotr Daskiewicz — Polish Officer
- Nicole Defer — Owner of dressmaking workshop & laundry
- Patrick Dell'Isola — Emile Léonard Morterol
- Jürgen Ellinghaus — Versailles Army Officer
- Caroline Esnard-Benoit — Baker's wife
Interesting facts
La Commune is a 2000 French docudrama directed by Peter Watkins. It tells the story of the Paris Commune, a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 after the defeat of Napoleon III during the Franco-Prussian War. The Commune only lasted for over two months before being defeated by the forces of Third Republic on 28 May.
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