The Great Hope

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The Great Hope (1937)

Directed by Jacques Becker

Documentary · 29m

Scenes and images from the French Communist Party's (PCF) 1937 Congress in Arles. La Grande Espérance highlights some of the PCF's new concerns under the Popular Front: a warning against international fascism, a desire for organic unity, and the defense of national heritage and regional cultures. It also reveals the first signs of a cult of personality surrounding Maurice Thorez. La Grande Espérance was screened (and possibly re-edited) after the Liberation. A commentary was then added to the credits emphasizing the continuity of the Communist Party’s political line and the sacrifice of its activists during the war. Today, only this post-1945 version exists.

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Cast

Maurice Thorez Himself Marcel Cachin Himself Jacques Duclos Himself
D
Danièle Casanova Herself
B
Benoît Frachon Himself
G
Georges Politzer Himself
M
Marie Politzer Herself
J
Joseph Ramier Himself
M
Martha Desrumeaux Herself
P
Pierre Semard Himself
J
Julien Racamond Himself
J
Jean-Richard Bloch Himself

Crew

Director
Jacques Becker

Details

Original title
La Grande Espérance
Release date
1937-12-31
Runtime
29m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
French
Countries
France
Production
Les films populaires, Ciné France