In the Heart of the Thunderstorm

In the Heart of the Thunderstorm 1948 Directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois Au cœur de l'orage

This documentary about WW II, composed of clandestine Allied film takes and German Wochenschaubilder, focuses on the French Resistance, especially the heroic but disastrous battle of the Vercors plateau in July 1944, where German troops mercilessly slaughtered the Maquis and the inhabitants.

Country France

Production Country France

Language French

Spoken Language French

Gnere Documentary

Production Company Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français

Release Date 30 April 1948

80 mins

Cast

Jean Chevrier Narrator (voice)

Jean Daurand Narrator (voice)

Christiane Sertilange Narrator (voice)

Hubner Narrator (voice)

Kroneger Narrator (voice)

Schiray Narrator (voice)

Franck Bauer Self (archive footage)

Abel Bonnard Self (archive footage)

Genevieve Brissaut Self (archive footage)

Jacques Doriot Self (archive footage)

Jacques Duchesne Self (archive footage)

Marcel Déat Self (archive footage)

Philippe Henriot Self (archive footage)

Henri Rol Tanguy Self (archive footage)

Crew

Director

Jean-Paul Le Chanois

Composer

Tibor Harsanyi

Editor

Emma Le Chanois

Sound

Louis Hochet

René Sarazin

Camera Operators

Jean Bourgoin

Jacques Lemare