| Description |
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Documentary. |
| System Details |
DVD, full screen (1.33:1), NTSC. |
| Cast |
Voices: Jim Broadbent, Cyril Cusack, Robert Kramer, François Maspero, Yves Montand, François Périer, Jorge Semprun, Simone Signoret. |
| Credits |
Editor, Chris Maker ; music, Luciano Berio. |
| Note |
Originally released in 2001; container states 1977. |
| Summary |
An overview of the worldwide political upheavals during the Sixties and Seventies. Interweaves footage from the Vietnam War and the antiwar protests in the U.S., May '68 in Paris, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Salvador Allende and the coup in Chile, Che Guevara and Regis Debray in Bolivia, the Shah of Iran, Fidel Castro, et alia. Contains official images, film clips, news coverage trims and neglected reels. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Contents |
Part one: Fragile hands. From Vietnam to Che's death ; May 1968 and all that -- Part two: Severed hands. From the Prague spring to the so-called "Union of the Left " in France ; From Chile to - to what? |
| Language |
English, French or German dialogue with optional Portuguese or Spanish subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Nineteen sixties.
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Nineteen seventies.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements.
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Czechoslovakia -- History -- Intervention, 1968.
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Allende Gossens, Salvador, 1908-1973.
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Guevara, Che, 1928-1967.
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Debray, Régis.
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Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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| Added Author |
Marker, Chris, 1921-2012.
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Broadbent, Jim.
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Cusack, Cyril, 1910-1993.
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Kramer, Robert, 1939-1999.
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Maspero, François, 1932-
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Montand, Yves, 1921-1991.
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Périer, François.
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Semprún, Jorge.
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Signoret, Simone, 1921-1985.
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Berio, Luciano, 1925-2003.
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Icarus Films Home Video (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
854565001138 |
| Music No. |
00113 Icarus Films Home Video |
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