With eliane annie adalto, pierre barbieux, bernard bombeau, maylis bouffartigue. A historical reenactment in the style of a documentary, the film received much acclaim from critics for its political themes and watkins direction. Based on a thorough historical research into the paris commune of 1871 the french revolutionary government established during the francoprussian war, this film. In this war drama blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, the working class and the bourgeoisie of 19th century paris are interviewed and covered on television, before and during a tragic workers class revolt. The paris commune of 1871 was one of the greatest and most inspiring episodes in the history of the working class.
During this epic, we witness the rise and eventual fall of the commune. 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. May 16, 2001 the paris commune of 1871 was one of the greatest and most inspiring episodes in the history of the working class. Reviewed in the united states on february 22, 2007. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Par jeanluc douin publie le 06 novembre 2007 a 16h47 mis a jour le novembre. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Inspired by the marxist politics and revolutionary goals of the international workingmens organization also known as the first international, workers of paris united to overthrow the existing french regime which had failed to protect the city from prussian siege, and formed the first. With a small film crew and a cast of amatuers, watkins recreates the paris commune.
The paris commune was a popularled democratic government that ruled paris from march 18 to may 28, 1871. The francoprussian war had led to the capture of emperor napoleon iii in september 1870, the collapse of the second french empire, and the beginning of the third republic. The parisian workers strove, in extremely difficult circumstances, to. Never has a revolution more surprised the revolutionaries. 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. Son histoire et ses enseignements sont revisites par deux ouvrages. In a tremendous revolutionary movement, the working people of paris replaced the capitalist state with their own organs of government and held political power until their downfall in the last week of may. It occurred in the wake of france s defeat in the francogerman war and the collapse of napoleon iiis second empire 185270. What prevents this movie from being a 5 star film was the lack of a tighter version of the film. The role of british and american newspapers and periodicals.
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