A Grin Without a Cat

A Grin Without a Cat

180 mins | Documentary, History | Nov. 23, 1977

French essay film focusing on global political turmoil in the 1960s and '70s, particularly the rise of the New Left in France and the development of socialist movements in Latin America.

A Grin Without a Cat

180 mins | Documentary, History | Nov. 23, 1977

A Grin Without a Cat
French essay film focusing on global political turmoil in the 1960s and '70s, particularly the rise of the New Left in France and the development of socialist movements in Latin America.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Iskra, Dovidis
Original title Le fond de l'air est rouge
Directors Chris Marker
Writers Chris Marker

Cast

Laurence Guvillier

as Narrator (voice)

Davos Hanich

as Narrator (voice)

François Maspero

as Narrator (voice)

Yves Montand

as Narrator (voice)

François Périer

as Narrator (voice)

Sandra Scarnati

as Narrator (voice)

Jorge Semprún

as Narrator (voice)

Simone Signoret

as Narrator (voice)

Fidel Castro

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Salvador Allende

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Vladimir Lenin

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph Stalin

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mao Zedong

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Qing Jiang

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Zhou Enlai

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Võ Nguyên Giáp

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles de Gaulle

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Georges Pompidou

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Augusto Pinochet

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)