Film·1952·1h 25m

With André Gide

Documentary

Nobel-prize-winning author, social justice crusader, anti-colonialist, adventure traveler, musician, and one-time Communist: André Gide was a larger-than-life character who dominated French letters from the turn of the 20th century to his death in 1951. Directed by Marc Allégret, with whom Gide traveled extensively in French Equatorial Africa, the film was made in the year leading up to the writer’s death.

Directed by Marc Allégret

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Cast

12 credited

André Gide
André GideSelf
Roland Alexandre
Roland AlexandreSelf
Jean-Louis Barrault
Jean-Louis BarraultSelf
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-ExupérySelf (archive footage)
Jean Desailly
Jean DesaillyNarrator (voice)
Renée Faure
Renée FaureSelf
Maurice Garçon
Maurice GarçonSelf
Pierre Herbart
Pierre HerbartSelf
Roger Martin Du Gard
Roger Martin Du GardSelf
Annik Morice
Annik MoriceSelf
Gérard Philipe
Gérard PhilipeNarrator (voice)
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul SartreSelf (scenes deleted)

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