La Grande Espérance

(1937)

Жанры: документальный

Год: 1937

Длительность: 29 мин

Страна: France

Режиссёр: Jacques Becker

В ролях: Maurice Thorez, Marcel Cachin, Jacques Duclos, Danièle Casanova, Benoît Frachon, Georges Politzer, Marie Politzer, Joseph Ramier, Martha Desrumeaux, Pierre Semard

Сюжет

Scenes and images from the French Communist Party's (PCF) 1937 Congress in Arles. La Grande Espérance highlights some of the PCF's new concerns under the Popular Front: a warning against international fascism, a desire for organic unity, and the defense of national heritage and regional cultures. It also reveals the first signs of a cult of personality surrounding Maurice Thorez. La Grande Espérance was screened (and possibly re-edited) after the Liberation. A commentary was then added to the credits emphasizing the continuity of the Communist Party’s political line and the sacrifice of its activists during the war. Today, only this post-1945 version exists.