''Far from Vietnam'' (french: Loin du Vietnam) is a 1967 French

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...

directed by Joris Ivens, William Klein,

Claude Lelouch Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish Family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained criti ...

, Agnès Varda, Jean-Luc Godard, Chris Marker and

Alain Resnais Alain Resnais (; 3 June 19221 March 2014) was a French film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included ...

Cast

* Anne Bellec * Karen Blanguernon * Bernard Fresson as Claude Ridder *

Maurice Garrel Maurice Garrel (24 February 1923 – 4 June 2011) was a French film actor. Garrel was born in Saint-Servais, Isère. He appeared in over a hundred films and was nominated twice for a César Award for best supporting actor: in 1991 for '' ...

* Jean-Luc Godard as Himself *

Ho Chi Minh (: ; born ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), commonly known as (' Uncle Hồ'), also known as ('President Hồ'), (' Old father of the people') and by other aliases, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman. He served as P ...

as Himself (archive footage) * Valérie Mayoux *

Marie-France Mignal Marie-France Mignal (born 3 April 1940), is a French actress. She is the co-director of the Théâtre Saint-Georges, with France Delahalle. She is known for her work in television, cinema (''Weekend at Dunkirk'', '' The Two Orphans''), and in ...

* Fidel Castro as Himself (uncredited)

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* 1967 films 1967 documentary films 1960s French-language films French documentary films Documentary films about the Vietnam War Anti-war films about the Vietnam War French war films Films directed by Joris Ivens Films directed by Chris Marker Films directed by Jean-Luc Godard French anthology films Films directed by William Klein Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War 1960s French films Foreign films set in the United States {{Vietnam-war-documentary-film-stub