Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma (1978)

Produced for television by Claude-Jean Philippe, the « Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma », recounts the history of French cinema from its birth to the beginning of the 1960s. With commentary read by Jean Rochefort.

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

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Jean Rochefort
Jean Rochefort
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Jean Epstein
Jean Epstein
as Self (archive footage)
Man Ray
Man Ray
as Self (archive footage)
Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier
as Self (archive footage) as Self
Abel Gance
Abel Gance
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir
as Self (archive footage)
Michel Simon
Michel Simon
as Self (archive footage)
Alberto Cavalcanti
Alberto Cavalcanti
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Vigo
Jean Vigo
as Self (archive footage)
Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Grémillon
Jean Grémillon
as Self (archive footage)
Arletty
Arletty
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
as Self (archive footage)
Marcel Carné
Marcel Carné
as Self
Thomas A. Edison
Thomas A. Edison
as Self (archive footage)
Étienne-Jules Marey
Étienne-Jules Marey
as Self (archive footage)
Émile Reynaud
Émile Reynaud
as Self (archive footage)
Auguste Lumière
Auguste Lumière
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Lumière
Louis Lumière
as Self (archive footage)
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès
as Self (archive footage)
Max Linder
Max Linder
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Pathé
Charles Pathé
as Self (archive footage)
René Dary
René Dary
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Feuillade
Louis Feuillade
as Self (archive footage)
Jacques Feyder
Jacques Feyder
as Self (archive footage)
Georges Lacombe
Georges Lacombe
as Self (archive footage)
René Clair
René Clair
as Self (archive footage)
Francis Picabia
Francis Picabia
as Self (archive footage)
Erik Satie
Erik Satie
as Self (archive footage)
Gina Manès
Gina Manès
as Self (archive footage)
Léon Mathot
Léon Mathot
as Self (archive footage)
Blanche Montel
Blanche Montel
as Self (archive footage)
Maurice Touzé
Maurice Touzé
as Self (archive footage)
Henri Chomette
Henri Chomette
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Delluc
Louis Delluc
as Self (archive footage)
Germaine Dulac
Germaine Dulac
as Self (archive footage)
Ève Francis
Ève Francis
as Self (archive footage)
Catherine Hessling
Catherine Hessling
as Self (archive footage)
Guillaume Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire
as Self (archive footage)
André Breton
André Breton
as Self (archive footage)
Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel
as Self (archive footage)
Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dalí
as Self (archive footage)
Dita Parlo
Dita Parlo
as Self (archive footage)
Harry Baur
Harry Baur
as Self (archive footage)
Jean-Louis Barrault
Jean-Louis Barrault
as Self (archive footage)
Jacques Prévert
Jacques Prévert
as Self (archive footage)
Pierre Prévert
Pierre Prévert
as Self (archive footage)
Jules Berry
Jules Berry
as Self (archive footage)
Marcel Dalio
Marcel Dalio
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Jouvet
Louis Jouvet
as Self (archive footage)
René Lefèvre
René Lefèvre
as Self (archive footage)
Marcel Lévesque
Marcel Lévesque
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin
as Self (archive footage)
Julien Duvivier
Julien Duvivier
as Self (archive footage)
Sacha Guitry
Sacha Guitry
as Self (archive footage)
Gérard Philipe
Gérard Philipe
as Self (archive footage)
Max Ophüls
Max Ophüls
as Self (archive footage)
Marcel Pagnol
Marcel Pagnol
as Self (archive footage)
Jacques Becker
Jacques Becker
as Self (archive footage)
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