Inspired by a letter by Friedrich Engels and a 1974 account of two militant Marxist writers who had been imprisoned by the Nasser regime, Straub-Huillet filmed this film in France and Egypt during 1980. They reflect on Egypt’s history of peasant struggle and liberation from Western colonization, and link it to class tensions in France shortly before the Revolution of 1789, quoting texts by Engels as well as the pioneering nonfiction film Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895).
Cast
Crew
Danièle Huillet
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Jean-Marie Straub
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Caroline Champetier
Director of Photography
William Lubtchansky
Director of Photography
Robert Alazraki
Director of Photography
Marguerite Perlado
Director of Photography
Baghat Mostafa
Assistant Director
Magda Wassef
Assistant Director
Gaber Abdel-Ghani
Assistant Director
Mustafa Darwish
Assistant Director
Leo Mingrone
Assistant Director
Vincent Nordon
Assistant Director
Isaline Panchaud
Assistant Director
Radovan Tadic
Assistant Director
Louis Hochet
Sound Recordist
Manfred Blank
Sound Recordist
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