Manifesto of the 121

Manifesto of the 121

2011
52m
10.0

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Documentary
Overview

On September 5, 1960, the trial of about twenty French activists from the "Jeanson Network" began, supporters in the metropolis of the action of the Algerian FLN independence activists. But after a few days, the situation was reversed and the trial transformed into a political arena, it was the government, the army, their policy, it was the entire Algerian war whose trial began. Accused, witnesses, lawyers, overflowing a stunned court, transformed the courtroom into a tribune of the opposition. The trial coincided with the publication of the "Manifesto of the 121" on the right to insubordination, signed among others by Jean Paul Sartre, Arthur Adamov, Simone de Beauvoir, André Breton, Marguerite Duras, Pierre Boulez, René Dumont, François Chatelet…

Status: Released

Language: FR

Production Information

Production Companies
Mémoires Vives productions CNC France Télévisions
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
French

Keywords

algeria french colonialism insubordination algerian war (1954-62) anti-colonialism djazair independance war

Quick Facts

Original Title Le Manifeste des 121
Release Date January 1, 2011
Status Released
Language FR
Website Visit Site

Cast

Bernard Langlois
Bernard Langlois

Narrator

Siné
Siné

Self

François Maspero
François Maspero

Self

Jacques Vergès
Jacques Vergès

Self

Maurice Nadeau
Maurice Nadeau

Self

Simone Signoret
Simone Signoret

Self (archive footage)

Jean Daniel
Jean Daniel

Self

Jean Lacouture
Jean Lacouture

Self

Jean-Claude Silbermann
Jean-Claude Silbermann

Self

Hubert Damisch
Hubert Damisch

Self

Pierre Jaouën
Pierre Jaouën

Self

Anne Guérin
Anne Guérin

Self

Key Crew

Medhi Lallaoui
Director
Medhi Lallaoui
Writer