Synopsis
Pioneer of the essay film style, enigmatic French auteur Chris Marker (La Jetée, Sans Soleil) visited Israel in the late 1950s. Turning his camera on the fledgling state, the resulting documentary Description of a Struggle won the Golden Bear at the 1961 Berlin Festival, but has rarely been seen since. Co-produced and originally distributed by Wim Van Leer of the Jerusalem Cinematheque, the film examines the struggle of the Israeli people to come to terms with their new identity, Jewish life in the kibbutzim and the treatment of minorities in the new state.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Société de Production Artisanale Cinématographique (S.O.P.A.C.)
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution, Cité Films
Full credits (5)
- Executive Producers : Lia Van Leer, André Valio
- Director of Photography : Ghislain Cloquet
- Editor : Eva Zora
- Sound Recordist : Pierre Fatosme
- Sound Mixer : Jean Nény
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1961