Civil Wars in France poster

Civil Wars in France poster

Civil Wars in France

1978 2h 15m 10Movie

DramaWarHistory

Three episodes from the history of socialism: Babeuf, whose virulent discourse is a radical assessment of the bourgeois revolution of 1789 (Vincent Nordon episode); the legend of Napoleon I, or the formation of the state as it still dominates today (François Barat episode); and the carnage of the Paris Commune, which official history strives to repress and forget (Joël Farges episode). What does it mean to make a historical film today? It means illuminating the present in the light of the past, and therefore adopting the new modes of modern storytelling to challenge what dominates us, structures us, and oppresses us.

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Vincent Nordon

Director, Writer

François Barat

Director, Writer

Joël Farges

Director, Writer

Top Cast

Sami Frey

Sami Frey

Babeuf (segment "Babeuf")

Brigitte Fossey

Brigitte Fossey

Andrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante")

Julie Delpy

Julie Delpy

(segment "La semaine sanglante")

Rosine Cadoret

Rosine Cadoret

Innkeeper (segment "Premier empire")

Didier Bezace

Didier Bezace

Actor (segment "Premier empire")

Marc de Jonge

Marc de Jonge

Allied commissioner (segment "Premier empire")

Philippe Collin

Philippe Collin

Napoléon (segment "Premier empire")

Georges Azenstarck

Georges Azenstarck

Photographer (segment "La semaine sanglante")

Anne Wiazemsky

Anne Wiazemsky

Elisabeth Dimitrieff (segment "La semaine sanglante")

Pierre Vial

Pierre Vial

Thiers (segment "La semaine sanglante")

Albert Delpy

Albert Delpy

(segment "La semaine sanglante")

Catherine Jourdan

Catherine Jourdan

(segment "Premier empire") (voice)

Jean Lescot

Jean Lescot

Secretary of Thiers (segment "La semaine sanglante")

Gérard Boucaron

Gérard Boucaron

Undertaker (segment "La semaine sanglante")

Didier Haudepin

Didier Haudepin

Engineer of the three barricades (segment "La semaine sanglante")

Nicole Hiss

Nicole Hiss

Young woman (segment "Premier empire")

Martine Bertrand

Peasant woman (segment "Premier empire")

Gilles Raab

Allied commissioner (segment "Premier empire")

Romain

Soldier (segment "Premier empire")

Colette Fellous

Pauline Bonaparte (segment "Premier empire")