JEAN MOULIN: UNE AFFAIRE FRANCAISE {JEAN MOULIN: A
HERO'S DESTINY} {PT. 2 OF 2} {FRENCH WITH ENGLISH
SUBTITLES} {2003 INTERNATIONAL EMMY NOMINEE} (TV)
Summary
Part two of this two-part miniseries that recreates the
final years of Jean Moulin, the French civil servant who
became a resistance leader in Nazi-occupied France
during World War II. Part two begins in January 1943
with Moulin's meeting in London with General Charles de
Gaulle during which Moulin is chosen to represent de
Gaulle on the Resistance Council, the underground group
composed of leaders of different factions of resistance
movements within France. Through the first months of
1943, Moulin's dictatorial governance of the body breeds
resentment among his fellow councilors, some of whom
are determined to replace de Gaulle as de facto leader
of Republican France-in-exile. Moulin's unwavering
dedication to the cause also alienates Alice, a young
operative under his care, who would rather fight than
follow Moulin's mandates, and Gilberte, his Jewish lover
and sometime spy, who resents Moulin's willingness to
sacrifice their love and lives for France. In the
meantime, Nazi officer Klaus Barbie is hot on Moulin's
trail. By April 1943, Moulin's detractors begin to
ignore his stringent dictates, compromising the
movement's security out of resentment; in May 1943,
this results in the infiltration of the Resistance
Council by an operative-turned-informant who sets a
trap for the Council leaders in exchange for his life.
In June 1943, Moulin and his colleagues are arrested by
the Nazis and tortured. Although Barbie's torture of
Resistance leader Moulin is particularly brutal, he is
ultimately unable to extract secrets from Moulin, who
dies en route to Berlin. In closing, the film
underlines the heroism of Moulin's sacrifice with actual
archival footage of Allied D-Day operations and
celebrations throughout France after her liberation from
the Nazis, including images of General de Gaulle
marching with Resistance fighters through Paris.
(This program is in French with English subtitles.)
Details
- NETWORK: TF1 (France)
- DATE: January 13, 2003 08:55 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:26:16
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:80074
- GENRE: Docudrama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Docudrama - World War II; International Collection - France
- SERIES RUN: TF1 (France) - TV, 2003
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Christophe Valette … Executive Producer
- Michael Cowan … Co-Producer
- Claude Leger … Co-Producer
- Jason Piette … Co-Producer
- Jonathan Vanger … Co-Producer
- Jean-Pierre Guerin … Producer
- Veronique Marchat … Production (Misc.), Production Coordinator
- Gerard Walraevens … Production (Misc.), Historical Consultant
- Marc Jenny … Production (Misc.), Director of Production
- Pierre Aknine … Writer, Director
- Allen Smith … Direction (Misc.), Director of Photography
- Yvan Cassar … Music by
- Francis Huster … Cast, Jean Moulin
- Melanie Laurent … Cast, Alice (jeune)
- Christian Maria Goebel … Cast, Klaus Barbie
- Bernard Yerles … Cast, Rene Hardy
- Maruschka Detmers … Cast, Gilberte
- Patrick Catalifo … Cast, Henri Frenay
- Yan Duffas … Cast, Henri Aubry
- Aladin Reibel … Cast, Pierre Benouville
- Antoine Chain … Cast, Martial Blanchard
- Saint Macary, Herbert … Cast, Henri Manhes
- Andreas Hofer … Cast, Capitaine Brackman
- Jacques Spiesser … Cast, Andre Lassagne
- Bernard Fresson … Cast, General Delestraint
- Thomas Sarbacher … Cast, Capitaine Kieffer
- Katerina Urbancova … Cast, Edmee Delettraz
- Gerard Whelan … Cast, Raymond Aubrae
- Francois Dunover … Cast, Pierre Meunier
- Jiri Novotny … Cast, Colonel Schwartzfeld
- Torsten Buchsteiner … Cast, Ernst Misselwitz
- Marek Matejka … Cast, Andre Moog
- Simon Caban … Cast, Gestaptste
- Brice Seyfried … Cast, Gestaptste
- Tatiana Vialle … Cast, Marguerite Brossier
- Frantisek Kreuzman … Cast, Docteur Dugoujon
- Vaclav Mares … Cast, Colonel Lacaze
- Micheline Presle … Cast, Alice
- Leo Grandperret … Cast, Guillaume
- Dominique Valadie … Cast, Laure Moulin
- Monique Melinand … Cast, Blanche Moulin
- Jacques Boudet … Cast, Charles de Gaulle