America as Seen by a Frenchman

1h 31m
Documentary
6.4

At the end of the 1950s, French documentarian François Reichenbach spent eighteen months traveling the United States, documenting its diverse regions, their inhabitants, and their pastimes. The result is a journey through a multitude of different Americas, filtered through a French sensibility.

Cast

Jean Cocteau
Narrator (Afterword)
Paul Klinger
Narrator (German Version)
June Richmond
Sings: The Zulu-Song

Crew

François Reichenbach
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Franz M. Lang
Writer
Chris Marker
Writer
Anneliese Artelt
Editor
Albert Jurgenson
Editor
Eva Zora
Editor
Claudine Merlin
Assistant Editor
Hanni Ruda
Assistant Editor
Jean-Marc Ripert
Director of Photography
Jérôme Sutter
Director of Photography
Marcel Grignon
Director of Photography
Bill Flores
Assistant Director
Pierre Braunberger
Producer
Pierre Fatosme
Sound
Jean Nény
Sound
Josef Rapp
Sound
Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer

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