Philippe Pétain
Birthday: Born in 1856-04-24 in Cauchy-à-la-Tour, Pas-de-Calais, France
Deathday: 1951-07-23
Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), better known as Philippe Pétain and Marshal Pétain (French: Maréchal Pétain), was a French general who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the collaborationist regime of Vichy France, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II.
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Apocalypse : Hitler attaque à l'Ouest (1940)
Character: Self (archive footage)
May 10th, 1940, Hitler takes on the West. Will he precipitate Europe into the Apocalypse?...
Crusade in Europe
Character: Self (archive footage)
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Décolonisations
Character: Self - Army General (archive footage)
The history of decolonization from the point of view of colonized peoples, an epic story that still resonates and reverberates to this day....
39-45, de la France occupée à la France libérée
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Apocalypse: Verdun
Character: Self (archive footage)
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Collaborations
Character: Self (archive footage)
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Songs for After a War
Character: Self (archive footage)
A particular reading of the hard years of famine, repression and censorship after the massacre of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), through popular culture: songs, newspapers and magazines, movies and newsreels....
War of Africa
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Documentary with propagandistic content about the colonial war of Spain in Morocco. Beyond the official epic of the moment, its historical images are such of great interest....
The Ponzán Network
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the Second World War (1939-1945), around three thousand people managed to elude their pursuers, and probably also avoided being killed, thanks to the heroic and very efficient efforts of the Ponzán Team, a brave group of people — mountain guides, forgers, safe house keepers and many others —, led by Francisco Ponzán Vidal, who managed to save their lives, both on one side and the other of the border between Spain and France....
De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile
Character: Self (archive footage)
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Pétain, such a popular hero
Character: Self (archive footage)
On October 24, 1940, Philippe Pétain met Adolf Hitler in Montoire and led the French into collaboration with the Nazis. A black page in the history of France, written by a man whom many then considered a hero: the winner of Verdun....
Story of the Unknown Soldier
Character: Himself (archive footage)
For Histoire du soldat inconnu (Story of the Unknown Soldier) Storck watched newsreels for the whole of 1928, the year when 60 nations signed a pact outlawing war, and juxtaposed this heart-warming utopia with the signs of a forthcoming conflict (this was in 1932) – burgeoning nationalism, police brutality, excessive colonialism, bellicose politics. Ferocious editing sarcastically juxtaposes these good intentions with the political farce of speeches and parades, all to the tune of factory chimne...
The Clouzot Scandal
Character: Self (archive footage)
Great filmmakers claim the artistic influence of French director Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907-1977), a master of suspense, with a unique vision of the world, who knew how to offer both great shows and subtle studies of characters. Beyond the myth of the tyrannical director, a contrasting portrait of a visionary, an agitator, an artist against the system....
The Smuggler and Her Charges
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
A captivating and personal detective story that uncovers the truth behind the childhood of Michaël Prazan's father, who escaped from Nazi-occupied France in 1942 thanks to the efforts of a female smuggler with mysterious motivations....
L'Abécédaire du Maréchal
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This film shows the instruments of the Vichy government's propaganda among young people and, more specifically, the images distributed in the form of ABC books, posters, newsreels or propaganda. It shows the speech of Pétain, Georges Lamirand, general secretary for youth, Marcel Déat, founder of the National Popular Rally and Jacques Doriot, founder of the French Popular Party....
Apocalypse: The Battle of Verdun
Character: Self (archive footage)
A detailed account of one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. Between February and December 1916, the French and German armies relentlessly fought in the devastated camps around the village of Verdun....
Verdun: Visions of History
Character: General Petain
A dramatized re-enactment and documentary of the Battle of Verdun as seen by both French and German soldiers, shot on site of the actual battle....