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Les Naufragés du Fol Espoir

    All titles (2)
    TV Movie (multi-part) | 2011-2013 | Film based on a play | France

    Shooting data

    Start of shooting27/08/2011
    End of shooting08/07/2012
    LocationsThéâtre du Soleil
    Filming regionsFrance - Paris Île-de-France

    Brief synopsis

    A film-crew in the early twentieth century, the cabaret known as ‘Le Fol Espoir’ has been transformed into an amateur soundstage. The motion picture tells the story of a ship and its passengers – from the famous opera singer down to the petty criminal. The film is an optimistic political fable intended to educate the masses. There’s comedy aplenty – slapstick punches, custard pies and gags reminiscent of Buster Keaton and Fatty Arbuckle; there’s adventure, high drama moments of great bravura , and passionate love stories. The filming begins on June 28th 1914, the day of the Archiduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination in Sarajevo, the gunpowder that sets Europe alight. It ends with news of another assassination – that of Jean Jaures on July 31st followed by the general conscription of August 1st, heralded by church bells across France. The allegory of the shipwreck is filmed at breakneck pace during the last five weeks before war breaks out.

    (source: BelAirClassiques)

    Cast

    ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
    Maurice DurozierJean LaPalette / Émile Gautrain [L]
    Juliana Carneiro da CunhaMme Gabrielle / Mme Paoli, émigrante / La mère alakaluf [L]
    Duccio Bellugi-VannucciniTommaso / Josef le cocher / Le docteur / Charles Darwin / Razine, un bagnard [L]
    Andreas SimmaCrownprince Rudolphe [L]
    Maixence BauduinJérôme / Manuel, l’instituteur / Un homme de main [L]
    Galatéa BellugiAlice [SR]

    Crew

    ActivityNameComment
    ColoristÉric Salleron
    Director of photographyBernard Zitzermann
    Camera operatorJean-Paul Meurisse
    Still photographerMichèle Laurent
    Camera traineeNeder Hadj Hassen
    DirectorAriane Mnouchkine
    EditorCatherine Vilpoux
    Assistant editorMathilde Yvain
    Key gripDominique Robert
    ComposerJean-Jacques Lemêtre
    ProducerFrançois Duplat
    Postproduction producerJean-François Chaintron
    Production designerEverest Canto de Montserrat
    Line producerXavier Dubois
    Production managerAnne Tardieu
    Foley artistBertrand Boudaud

    Production companies

    CompanyComment
    Bel Air Media [fr]
    Théâtre du Soleil [fr]
    Arte [de/fr]
    France
    France
    Tele München Fernseh GmbH & Co. (TMG) [de]
    en association
    en association

    Facilities

    DepartmentCompanyComment
    Cameras and UtilitiesPanavision Alga
    Lighting and UtilitiesTranspalux

    TV-broadcast

    TypeCountryStationDate / TimeComment
    First showingGermanyarteThursday, 07/08/2014, 9.45 PM