Film
The Great Hope
1937 · 29m · Documentary
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Overview
Scenes and images from the French Communist Party's (PCF) 1937 Congress in Arles. La Grande Espérance highlights some of the PCF's new concerns under the Popular Front: a warning against international fascism, a desire for organic unity, and the defense of national heritage and regional cultures. It also reveals the first signs of a cult of personality surrounding Maurice Thorez. La Grande Espérance was screened (and possibly re-edited) after the Liberation. A commentary was then added to the credits emphasizing the continuity of the Communist Party’s political line and the sacrifice of its activists during the war. Today, only this post-1945 version exists.
Cast
Maurice Thorez
Himself
Marcel Cachin
Himself
Jacques Duclos
Himself
Danièle Casanova
Herself
Benoît Frachon
Himself
Georges Politzer
Himself
Marie Politzer
Herself
Joseph Ramier
Himself
Martha Desrumeaux
Herself
Pierre Semard
Himself
Julien Racamond
Himself
Jean-Richard Bloch
Himself
Crew
- Jacques BeckerDirector
Media
Details
- Release date
- December 31, 1937
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Runtime
- 29m
- Genres
- Documentary
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