The Eye of Vichy (1993)

L'oeil de Vichy (original title)

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Not Rated
1h 50min
Documentary, War
11 Jun 1993 (USA)
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This movie is only made of archive pictures: the official newsreels that were broadcasted on French movie screens during 1940 and 1944 (the Occupation). Those newsreels were controlled by the government of Vichy, which collaborated with... See more »

Director:

Claude Chabrol

Writers:

Jean-Pierre Azéma, Robert O. Paxton

Stars:

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	Michel Bouquet	...	Narrator / Récitant (voice)
	Brian Cox	...	Narrator (English version) (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Maquisard Alfonso	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	General Bergeret	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Jean Bichelonne	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Maquisard Boczov	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Pierre Boisson	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Abel Bonnard	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	René Bousquet	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Amédée Bussière	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Préfet Carle	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Procureur Cassaigneau	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Marcel Cerdan	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	François Darlan	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Joseph Darnand	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Fernand de Brinon	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Alphonse de Chateaubriant	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Charles de Gaulle	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Louis Darquier de Pellepoix	...	Self (archiveFootage) (as Darquier de Pellepoix)
	Jacques Doriot	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Henri Du Moulin	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Marcel Déat	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	José Ferrer	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Maquisard Fingerweig	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Francisco Franco	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Monsieur Frehel	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Joseph Goebbels	...	Self (archiveFootage) (as Josef Goebbels)
	Hermann Göring	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Philippe Henriot	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Reinhard Heydrich	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Adolf Hitler	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Charles Huntziger	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Helmut Knochen	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Pierre Koenig	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Monsieur Laconde	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Monsieur Lagardelle	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Georges Lamirand	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Pierre Laval	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Admiral Le Luc	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Robert Ley	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Achille Magny	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Maquisard Manouchian	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Hans Joachim Marseille	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Jean Mayol de Luppé	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Monsieur Mesnard	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Léon Noël	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Carl Oberg	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Edgar Puaud	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Philippe Pétain	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Maquisard Rayman	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Paul Reynaud	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Erwin Rommel	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Georges Scapini	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Rudolf Schleier	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Paul Schmidt	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Albert Speer	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Monsieur Tanenzat	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Gerd von Rundstedt	...	Self - in Paris (archiveFootage)
	Maxime Weygand	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	James Cagney	...	Undetermined Film Role: Gambling (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Norma Shearer	...	Undetermined Film Role: Dancing (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Directed by

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Claude Chabrol

Written by

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Jean-Pierre Azéma	...	(writer)

Robert O. Paxton	...	(writer)

Produced by

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Jean-Pierre Ramsay-Levi

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executive producer (as Jean-Pierre Ramsay Levi)

Editing by

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Frédéric Lossignol
Stéphanie Louis

Production Management

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Armelle Protte	...	production manager
Daniel Szuster	...	production manager

Sound Department

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Sophie Cerda

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sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department

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Jean-Claude Boukriss

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camera operator

Additional Crew

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Sandrine Magner	...	production staff
Sylvie Martin	...	finance director
Marcel Mazoyer	...	agent technique

Thanks

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Edith Reta

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Production Companies

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Canal+ (with the participation of)
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) (with the participation of)
Délégation à la Mémoire et à l'Information Historique (with the participation of)
FIT Productions
Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA)
La Sofica Bymages (with the participation of)
Ministre de la Culture et de l'Éducation Nationale (with the participation of)
Secrétariat d'État aux Anciens Combattants et Victimes de Guerre (with the participation of)
Sylicone (with the participation of)
TF1 Films Production

Distributors

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Bac Films (1993) (France) (theatrical)
First Run Features (1993) (United States) (theatrical)
Mandala (1994) (Portugal) (theatrical)

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Plot Summary	This movie is only made of archive pictures: the official newsreels that were broadcasted on French movie screens during 1940 and 1944 (the Occupation). Those newsreels were controlled by the government of Vichy, which collaborated with the Nazis, so most of them are propaganda. Their purpose is to show what the disinformation was then, and perhaps more generally to evoke the problem of the power of the mass media. Written by Yepok Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	lyon-france marseille-france newsreel propaganda vichy See All (56) »
Genres	Documentary War
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	France:Tous publics United Kingdom:15 United States:Not Rated

Additional Details

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Also Known As	The Eye of Vichy (United States) The Eyes of Vichy (United States) Das Auge von Vichy (Germany) El ojo de Vichy (Spain) Vichy szeme (Hungary) See more »
Runtime	110 min
Country	France
Language	French German
Color	Black and White
Aspect Ratio	1.33 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Dolby (Westrex Recording System)
Filming Locations	Basilique du Sacré-Coeur, Montmartre, Paris 18, Paris, France See more »

Did You Know?

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Trivia	The acquittal of French militiaman Paul Touvier when tried by a French court in 1992 for crimes against humanity prompted director Claude Chabrol to make his personal condemnation of the Vichy regime, The Eye of Vichy (1993). See more »
Movie Connections	Features Le péril juif (1941). See more »
Soundtracks	La Chanson du Maçon See more »

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