''Chantons sous l'Occupation'' () is a French
documentary
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
film from 1976. It was directed and written by
André Halimi
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese language, Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French language, French-spe ...
, starring
Pascal Mazzotti
Pasquale "Pascal" Mazzotti (16 December 1923 in Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry – 19 June 2002 in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône) was a French actor who has appeared in film, television, and theater. He is known for having played a role in '' Hibernatus' ...
,
Maître Naud, and
Fabienne Jamet.
The film tells about artists and entertainers (from
Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau ( , ; ; 5 July 1889 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th-c ...
to
Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Auguste Chevalier (; 12 September 1888 – 1 January 1972) was a French singer, actor, and entertainer. He is best known for his signature songs, including " Livin' In The Sunlight", " Valentine", " Louise", " Mimi", and " Thank Heaven f ...
) under the Nazi occupation of France (1940–1944). It presents the entire spectrum, from resisters to fascist sympathizers.
''Chantons sous l'Occupation''
at timeout.com
Cast
* Maître Naud: himself
* Veit Relin: herself
* Manouche: herself
* Maître Weil-Curiel
(spelled according to post-1990 spelling rules) is a commonly used honorific for lawyers, judicial officers and notaries in France, Belgium, Switzerland and French-speaking parts of Canada. It is often written in its abbreviated form ''Me'' or ...
: himself
* Maurice Bardèche
Maurice Bardèche (1 October 1907 – 30 July 1998) was a French art critic and journalist, better known as one of the leading exponents of neo-fascism and Holocaust denial in post–World War II Europe.
Bardèche was also the brother-in-law ...
: himself
* Michel Audiard
Paul Michel Audiard (; 15 May 1920 – 27 July 1985) was a French screenwriter and film director, known for his witty, irreverent and slang-laden dialogues which made him a prominent figure on the French cultural scene of the 1960s and 1970s. He ...
: himself
* Maud de Belleroche: herself
* André Pousse
André Pousse (20 October 1919 – 9 September 2005) was a noted French actor and, in his youth, also a notable cyclist.
Biography
While primarily known as a leading French actor, André Pousse began his professional career as a cyclist (prim ...
: himself
* Dominique Aury
Anne Cécile Desclos (23 September 1907 – 27 April 1998) was a French literary critic, journalist, and novelist who wrote under the pen names Dominique Aury and Pauline Réage. She is best known for her erotic novel ''Story of O'' (1954).
E ...
: herself
* Jean Marais
Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais (11 December 1913 – 8 November 1998), known professionally as Jean Marais (), was a French actor, film director, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer and photographer. He performed in over 100 f ...
: himself
* Arno Breker
Arno Breker (19 July 1900 – 13 February 1991) was a German sculptor who is best known for his public works in Nazi Germany, where he was endorsed by the authorities as the antithesis of degenerate art. He was made official state sculptor, ...
: himself
* Edouard Nessler: himself
* Jean-Louis Bory
Jean-Louis Bory (25 June 1919 – 11/12 June 1979) was a French writer, journalist, and film critic.
Life
Jean-Louis Bory was born on 25 June 1919 in Méréville, Essonne.
The son of a pharmacist and a teacher, he came from a family of teach ...
: himself
* Marc Doelnitz Marc or MARC may refer to:
People
* Marc (given name), people with the first name
* Marc (surname), people with the family name
Acronyms
* MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging,
* MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system ...
: himself
See also
* ''Milice, film noir
''Milice, film noir'' () is a French documentary film from 1997. It was directed and written by Alain Ferrari, starring Emile Augonnet, Francoise Basch, and Michel Bouquet.
Synopsis
The documentary film about French militia, active under t ...
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References
External links
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Chantons sous l'Occupation (1976)
at ''Allogine.com''
at ''Alliancefr.com''
1976 films
French documentary films
1970s French-language films
1976 documentary films
Documentary films about World War II
Documentary films about music and musicians
1970s French films
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