Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque (2004)
Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois (original title)

Cast

Credited cast:
	Henri Alekan	...	Himself
	Catherine Allégret	...	Herself
	Jean-Michel Arnold	...	Himself
	Christian Auboire	...	Himself
	François Barat	...	Himself
	Raphaël Bassan	...	Himself
	Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	(archive footage)
	Claude Berri	...	Himself
	Bernard Boursicot	...	Himself
	Marie-Charlotte Bridant	...	Herself
	Freddy Buache	...	Himself
	Raymonde Carasco	...	Herself
	Pierre Cardin	...	Himself
	Marcel Carné	...	(archive footage)
	Françoise Carvilani	...	Herself

Storyline

Organized mostly chronologically, the film presents the 40-year career of Henri Langlois (1914-1977), film's first archivist, and the creator of the Cinémathèque Française and Musée du Cinéma. Talking heads, film clips and stills, and archival interviews with Langlois trace his life from 1935, when he starts the Circle of Cinema film club. He begins to buy films, saving many from destruction. During World War II, he finds places to hide them. By mid-1944, the Cinémathèque has 50,000 films. He runs afoul of bureaucrats, but the New Wave comes to his defense. The museum opens in 1972. The film celebrates his philosophy and beliefs, personality and dedication, and his vision. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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