Filmed after the strike's most heated moments, and without official authorisation, the movie alternates contemporary news sequences, live action and reconstructions where workers play themselves. The film today retains its original force and indignant power.
Biography
film director
Joris Ivens
FILMOGRAFIA
De Brug (Il ponte, cm, doc., 1928), Zuiderzee (Lavori nello Zuiderzee, doc., 1933), Borinage (id., mm, doc., 1933), The Spanish Earth (Terra di Spagna, mm, doc., 1937), Our Russian Front (Il nostro fronte russo, doc., 1941), Indonesia Calling (L'Indonesia chiama, cm, doc., 1946), Pierwsze lata (The First Years, 1947), La Seine a rencontré Paris (cm, doc., 1957), Letters from China (mm, 1958), L'Italia non è un paese povero (doc., 1960), A Valparaiso (mm, doc., 1962), Le Ciel - la terre (cm, 1965), 17e parallèle: Le Vietnam en guerre (doc., 1967), Une histoire de vent (Io e il vento, doc., 1989).
Henri Storck
Cast
& Credits
Director of photography: Joris Ivens, Henri Storck, FranÁois Rents.
Production company: Epi Club de l'Ecran.