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October 17, 1961: A day that went missing (1992)
Directed by Philip Brooks, Alan Hayling
Documentary, History, Drama · 52m
This documentary bears witness to the events that took place more than thirty years before the filming of this movie, on October 17, 1961, in Paris, during the Algerian War. It is a work not only about historical truth but also about memory. Constructed primarily from interviews conducted with those involved in the events, along with archival footage, photographs, and radio broadcasts from the time, our investigation proves that nearly 200 Algerians were killed (drowned, tortured) that night and in the days that followed by the French police. "A Missing Day" seeks to ask two key questions: how could such events have unfolded in the capital of a Western democracy barely thirty years ago? And why have they been silenced ever since?
Cast
Jacques Panijel
Jean-Louis Peninou
Elie Kagan
Constantin Melnik
Crew
- Director
- Philip Brooks, Alan Hayling
- Writer
- Jean-Luc Einaudi, Philip Brooks, Alan Hayling
- Director of Photography
- Nina Kellgren
- Editor
- Michèle Courbou
- Producer
- Laurent Bocahut, Philip Brooks
Details
- Original title
- 17 octobre 1961 : Une journée portée disparue
- Release date
- 1992-01-01
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Documentary, History, Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France, United Kingdom
- Production
- Dominant 7, Point du Jour, Channel 4 Television, CNC, France•3, ITEL