The Eye of Vichy (1993)

Original title

L'Œil de Vichy

Directed by

Claude Chabrol

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary compiles newsreels and official films shown in French cinemas from 1940 to 1944. It presents the propaganda that the Vichy regime used to shape public opinion. Occasional narration provides context for the footage.

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What happens

The Eye of Vichy (French: "L'Œil de Vichy") is a 1993 French documentary film directed by Claude Chabrol. It consists of a selection in chronological order of authentic footage, mostly newsreels and documentaries, shown on cinema screens in France between 1940 and 1944. Intertitles or a narrator occasionally add linking or supplementary information. The bulk of the material was produced under the Vichy régime and the aim of the film is to show the worldview which the collaborationist government of Pétain promoted to its population. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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