A Soviet documentary surveying the liberation of France, from D-Day landings and partisan actions to the entry into Paris. Edited at TsSDF from footage shot by French, British, American, Soviet—and captured German—cameramen, it blends frontline combat and city-by-city liberation with portraits of French cultural landmarks and daily life returning after occupation.
Soviet Union
Documentary
76 minutes
1944
Sergei Yutkevich
Central Studio of Documentary Films,
Tsentralnaya Studiya Dokumentalnikh Filmov (TsSDF)