Civil Wars in France
1978, French. Directed by Vincent Nordon & François Barat & Joël Farges.
Three episodes from the history of socialism: Babeuf, whose virulent discourse is a radical assessment of the bourgeois revolution of 1789 (Vincent Nordon episode); the legend of Napoleon I, or the formation of the state as it still dominates today (François Barat episode); and the carnage of the Paris Commune, which official history strives to repress and forget (Joël Farges episode). What does it mean to make a historical film today? It means illuminating the present in the light of the past, and therefore adopting the new modes of modern storytelling to challenge what dominates us, structures us, and oppresses us.
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Vincent NordonDirector
- François BaratDirector
- Joël FargesDirector
- Sami FreyBabeuf (segment "Babeuf")
- Brigitte FosseyAndrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante")
- Julie Delpy(segment "La semaine sanglante")
- Rosine CadoretInnkeeper (segment "Premier empire")
- Didier BezaceActor (segment "Premier empire")
- Marc de JongeAllied commissioner (segment "Premier empire")
- Philippe CollinNapoléon (segment "Premier empire")
- Georges AzenstarckPhotographer (segment "La semaine sanglante")
- Anne WiazemskyElisabeth Dimitrieff (segment "La semaine sanglante")
- Pierre VialThiers (segment "La semaine sanglante")
- Albert Delpy(segment "La semaine sanglante")
- Catherine Jourdan(segment "Premier empire") (voice)
Details
- Released
- 15 March 1978
- Original title
- Guerres civiles en France
- Country
- France
- Written by
- François Barat, Joël Farges, Vincent Nordon
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Civil Wars in France runs 135 minutes (2h 15m).
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Civil Wars in France isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 March 1978. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Civil Wars in France?
Civil Wars in France (1978) was directed by Vincent Nordon and François Barat and Joël Farges and stars Sami Frey, Brigitte Fossey, Julie Delpy.