La Commune (Paris, 1871)
In 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 denizens of the Commune, especially the Popincourt neighborhood in the XIth arrondissement. They voice thoughts and feelings concerning the social and political reforms.
Creator: Peter Watkins
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Miniseries
2 episodes25 May 2000
In 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 denizens of the Commune, especially the Popincourt neighborhood in the XIth arrondissement. They voice thoughts and feelings concerning the social and political reforms.
Cast
Gérard Watkins
Gérard Bourlet
Aurélia Petit
Blanche Capellier
Maylis Bouffartigue
Marie-Louise Théron
Véronique Couzon
Marie-Louise Beauger
Armelle Hounkanin
Françoise Boidard
Patrick Dell'Isola
Emile Léonard Morterol
Eliane Annie Adalto
Laundress
Pierre Barbieux
Child in Cour Popincourt
Bernard Bombeau
Baker
Geneviève Capy
Doctor's wife
Anne Carlier
Laundress
Piotr Daskiewicz
Polish officer
Nicole Defer
Owner of dressmaking workshop & laundry
Jürgen Ellinghaus
Versailles Army Officer
Caroline Esnard-Benoit
Baker's wife
