La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000)

Directed by

Peter Watkins

Genre

drama film, historical film

Country

France

Runtime

5h 45m

Rated

U

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two fictional reporters cover the rise and fall of the Paris Commune in 1871. The film shows the revolutionary government taking power and then being crushed by the French Third Republic.

documentary-stylepoliticalintensehistoricalimmersivegrittysoberingrevolutionary

What happens

La Commune (Paris, 1871) is a 2000 French docudrama directed by Peter Watkins. It tells the story of the Paris Commune, a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 after the defeat of Napoleon III during the Franco-Prussian War. The Commune only lasted for over two months before being defeated by the forces of Third Republic on 28 May. The film utilizes a pseudo-documentary format, following two fictional reporters as they provide on-the-ground coverage of the Commune's rise and fall. It was Watkins' final film before his death in October 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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