La Marseillaise

La Marseillaise

A Feature film by Jean Renoir

Produced by Societé d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films (SEDIF)

Release in France : 02/02/1938

Synopsis

Jean Renoir's epic account of the French Revolution juxtaposes the opulent life of King Louis XVI with the poverty of the commoners who rose up to overthrow the monarchy in 1789. The film's title comes from the rallying song which grew out of the peasants' march on the Bastille.

Production and distribution (3)

Executive Producer :

Societé d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films (SEDIF)

French distribution :

Les Réalisations d'Art Cinématographique (RAC)

Film exports/foreign sales :

Tamasa Distribution

TV Broadcasts: Cumulative total

TV broadcasts: details by country

Full credits (13)

Assistant directors :

Jacques Becker, Claude Renoir, Marc Maurette, Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Francine Corteggiani

Authors of original work :

Joseph Kosma, Henry Sauveplane

Screenwriter :

Sound Recordist :

Joseph De Bretagne

Assistant editor :

Production Designer :

Georges Wakhevitch

Location Manager :

Adaptation :

Producers :

Jean Renoir, André Zwobada

Directors of Photography :

Jean Bourgoin, Alain Douarinou

Editor :

Marguerite Houllé-Renoir

Production Designers :

Léon Barsacq, Jean Périer

Still Photographer :

Technical details

Feature film

Genres :

Fiction

Sub-genre :

Historical

Production language :

French

Production country :

France (100.0%)

Original French-language productions :

Unspecified

Nationality :

100% French (France)

Production year :

1938

French release :

02/02/1938

Runtime :

2 h 10 min

Current status :

Released

Visa number :

2184

Visa issue date :

18/11/1942

Approval :

Yes

Production formats :

35mm

Color type :

Black & White

Aspect ratio :

1.37

Audio format :

Mono

Posters (2)

La Marseillaise

La Marseillaise

Director

Jean Renoir

Un tournage à la campagne (1994), The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (1971), Jean Renoir, le patron (1966)

Festival Selections (2)

New York Film Festival (NYFF) - 2016

New York Film Festival (NYFF) (United States, 2016)

Selection

Berlin International Film Festival - 1989

Berlin International Film Festival (Germany, 1989)

Selection

Retrospective