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A Grin Without a Cat [Le fond de l'air est rouge]

Release Year
1977
Runtime
3h 0m
Genres
Documentary
History
Directed By
Chris Marker
A Grin Without a Cat

French essay film focusing on global political turmoil in the 1960s and '70s, particularly the rise of the New Left in France and the development of socialist movements in Latin America.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Laurence Guvillier

Narrator (voice)

Davos Hanich

Narrator (voice)

François Maspero

Narrator (voice)

Yves Montand

Narrator (voice)

François Périer

Narrator (voice)

Sandra Scarnati

Narrator (voice)

Jorge Semprún

Narrator (voice)

Salvador Allende

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Vladimir Lenin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mao Zedong

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Qing Jiang

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew

Chris Marker

Director

Pierre-William Glenn

Director of Photography

Willy Kurant

Director of Photography

Chris Marker

Editor

Chris Marker

Writer

Luciano Berio

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