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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
René Clair (story)
Release Date:
31 December 1931 (USA)
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Tagline:
Le chef-d'oeuvre de René Clair
Plot:
A famous left-wing satirical comedy about two ex-convicts, one of whom escaped jail and then worked his way up from salesman to factory owner...
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 2 wins
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Marvellous early sound film
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Henri Marchand | ... | Émile | |
| Raymond Cordy | ... | Louis | |
| Rolla France | ... | Jeanne | |
| Paul Ollivier | ... | L'oncle (as Paul Olivier) | |
| Jacques Shelly | ... | Paul | |
| André Michaud | ... | Le contremaitre | |
| Germaine Aussey | ... | Maud - la femme de Louis | |
| Léon Lorin | ... | Le vieux monsieur sourd | |
| William Burke | ... | L'ancien détenu | |
| Vincent Hyspa | ... | Le vieil orateur |
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Also Known As:
À nous la liberté! (France) (alternative spelling)
Freedom for Us (International: English title)
Liberty for Us (USA)
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Freedom for Us (International: English title)
Liberty for Us (USA)
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104 min | USA:83 min (re-release) | USA:97 min
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1.20 : 1 more
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First film not in English to receive an Oscar nomination
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Quotes:
[first lines]
[Voice over Singer]: Liberty is the happy man's due / He enjoys love and skies of blue / But then there are some / Who no worse crimes have done / It's the sad story we tell / From a prison cell
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[Voice over Singer]: Liberty is the happy man's due / He enjoys love and skies of blue / But then there are some / Who no worse crimes have done / It's the sad story we tell / From a prison cell
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Referenced in Modern Times (1936)
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Clair's À nous la liberté is a wonderful satire of modern mass production, magnificently shot, directed, decently acted and with impressive sets. The satirical content is stressed but not too on-your-face. The main reaction to the film is delight.
Some of the sequences were an obvious inspiration to Chaplin, whose masterpiece Modern Times resembles this film quite a lot both in the way it looks as well as thematically.
The picture and sound quality, at least in the version shown on Finnish TV, are superb which is surprising considering the age of the film.
The music is good and well used, except the songs which are slightly irritating. Still, this is a great and pleasing film with a very amusing scene in the end, taking place at the opening of a new factory.