La Commune (Paris, 1871)
2003We are in the year 1871. A journalist for Versailles Television broadcasts a soothing and official view of events while a Commune television is set up to provide the perspectives of the Paris rebels. On a stage-like set, more than 200 actors interpret characters of the Commune, especially the Popincourt neighborhood in the XIth arrondissement. They voice their thoughts and feelings concerning the social and political reforms.
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Eliane Annie Adalto
as Laundress
Pierre Barbieux
as Child in Cour Popincourt
Bernard Bombeau
as Baker
Maylis Bouffartigue
as Marie-Louise Théron
Geneviève Capy
as Doctor's wife
Anne Carlier
as Laundress
Véronique Couzon
as Marie-Louise Beauger
Piotr Daskiewicz
as Polish Officer
Nicole Defer
as Owner of dressmaking workshop & laundry
Patrick Dell'Isola
as Emile Léonard Morterol
Jürgen Ellinghaus
as Versailles Army Officer
Caroline Esnard-Benoit
as Baker's wife
Gérard Watkins
as Gérard Bourlet
Aurélia Petit
as Blanche Capellier
Roland Fontaine
as Child in Cour Popincourt
Przermyslaw Galkiewicz
as Polish Officer
Jean-Michel Gallois
as Concièrge
Joachim Gatti
as Joachim Rivière
Jean Giacinti
as Adolphe Thiers
Virginie Guibbaud
as Léontine Rombert
Armelle Hounkanin
as Françoise Boidard
Catherine Humbert
as Marguerite Lachaise
Steve Kreisler
as Wickham Hoffmann (US Attaché)
Lucette Labreuil
as Owner of Café Watrin
Michel Labreuil
as Proprietor of Café Watrin
Rémy Le Champion
as Policeman
Jean Legal
as Doctor
Elisabeth Lemaitre
as Pawnbroker
Gaston Lepage
as Child in Cour Popincourt
Manon Lepage
as Child in Cour Popincourt
Micheline Letourneur
as Laundress
Béatrice Mandelbrot
as Laundress
Elsy Mandelbrot
as Convent school pupil
Leila Mandelbrot
as Child in Cour Popincourt
Tilly Mandelbrot
as Child in Cour Popincourt
Samy Nogaro
as Émile Théron
Laurent Parisi
as Policeman
Flora Pierre
as Laundress
Marek Przbyla
as Polish Officer
Prune Sauvageot
as Child in Cour Popincourt
Pascal Schiltz
as Sailor
Dirk Sikorski
as Anatole Cordier, 66ème
Zinedine Vergnaud
as Child in Cour Popincourt
Philippe Welsh
as Le père
François Damiens
as Un réparateur de fusils de la garde nationale (uncredited)