''La Libération de Paris'' (''The Liberation of Paris'') is a short historical documentary film shot in secret by small units of the
French Resistance
The French Resistance ( ) was a collection of groups that fought the German military administration in occupied France during World War II, Nazi occupation and the Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy#France, collaborationist Vic ...
during the
Battle for Paris in August 1944.
[Le Journal de la Résistance : La Libération de Paris, National Audiovisual Institute, September 1st, 1944](_blank)
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Production
In 1943, a group of French filmmakers, which included Louis Daquin
Louis Daquin (20 May 1908 – 2 October 1980) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 14 films between 1938 and 1963. He also appeared in 11 films between 1937 and 1979.
Selected filmography
* ''The Man from Nowhere ...
, Jean Grémillon
Jean Grémillon (; 3 October 1901 – 25 November 1959) was a French film director.
Biography
Grémillon was born in Bayeux and spent his early years in Cerisy-la-Forêt in Normandy. His father was employed by the Ouest railway company. Durin ...
, Jacques Becker
Jacques Becker (; 15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French film director and screenwriter. His films, made during the 1940s and 1950s, encompassed a wide variety of genres, and they were admired by some of the filmmakers who led th ...
, and Pierre Renoir
Pierre Renoir (; March 21, 1885 – March 11, 1952) was a French stage and film actor. He was the son of the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and elder brother of the film director Jean Renoir. He is also noted for being the first a ...
(Jean
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'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 occupied territories.
See also
* Liberation of Paris
The liberation of Paris () was a battle that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944. Paris had been occupied by Nazi Germany since the signing of the Armisti ...
* '' Is Paris Burning?'' (1966)
Notes
Media links
''La Libération de Paris''
Archive.org
1944 films
1940s French-language films
Documentary films about World War II
French short documentary films
20th century in Paris
1944 short documentary films
Black-and-white documentary films
Documentary films about Paris
Films with screenplays by Pierre Bost
French black-and-white films
Films about the French Resistance
1940s French films
Paris in World War II
French-language short documentary films
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