French 46-minute black and white short film
Creation: Paul Seban, from an idea of Guy Desson
Production: Les Films de la Pléiade
Images: Suzy Seddon
Editing: Jacques Gaillard
Original soundtrack: Pierre Arvay
Narration: Emmanuel d’Astier de la Vigerie
Spelling mistake in the Music credits, ‘Pierre Harvey’ instead of ‘Arvay’.
1940-1944. In this documentary, Paul Seban reconstructs everyday life in Paris under the German occupation. The arrival of the Germans, the makeshift ways of scraping a living despite hardship and repression. Finishes with the liberation of Paris.
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