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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.

1977 |3h 0m |  Documentary

Cast

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Davos Hanich

Narrator (voice)

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Yves Montand

Narrator (voice)

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François Périer

Narrator (voice)

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Simone Signoret

Narrator (voice)

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Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Salvador Allende

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Vladimir Lenin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Mao Zedong

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Qing Jiang

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Zhou Enlai

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Võ Nguyên Giáp

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Charles de Gaulle

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Georges Pompidou

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Augusto Pinochet

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

Spanish, French, English

Budget

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Revenue

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