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À Nous la Liberté

Original title: À nous la liberté
  • 19311931
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
4.5K
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À Nous la Liberté (1931)
  • Comedy
  • Musical
Seeking better life, two convicts escape from prison.Seeking better life, two convicts escape from prison.Seeking better life, two convicts escape from prison.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
4.5K
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  • Director
    • René Clair
  • Writer
    • René Clair(story and screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Raymond Cordy
    • Henri Marchand
    • Rolla France
Top credits
  • Director
    • René Clair
  • Writer
    • René Clair(story and screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Raymond Cordy
    • Henri Marchand
    • Rolla France
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    • 41User reviews
    • 45Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Raymond Cordy in À Nous la Liberté (1931)
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    Raymond Cordy in À Nous la Liberté (1931)
    Henri Marchand in À Nous la Liberté (1931)
    Raymond Cordy and Henri Marchand in À Nous la Liberté (1931)
    Rolla France and Henri Marchand in À Nous la Liberté (1931)
    Rolla France, Henri Marchand, and Paul Ollivier in À Nous la Liberté (1931)
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    Raymond Cordy
    Raymond Cordy
    • Louis
    Henri Marchand
    Henri Marchand
    • Émile
    Rolla France
    • Jeanne
    Paul Ollivier
    Paul Ollivier
    • L'oncle
    • (as Paul Olivier)
    Jacques Shelly
    • Paul
    André Michaud
    • Le contremaitre
    Germaine Aussey
    Germaine Aussey
    • Maud - la femme de Louis
    Léon Lorin
    • Le vieux monsieur sourd
    William Burke
    • L'ancien détenu
    Vincent Hyspa
    • Le vieil orateur
    Albert Broquin
    • Le marchand de primeurs
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Charlet
      Léon Courtois
        Alexander D'Arcy
        Alexander D'Arcy
        • Le gigolo
        • (uncredited)
        Marguerite de Morlaye
        • Une invitée au diner
        • (uncredited)
        Ritou Lancyle
          Maximilienne
          • Une invitée au diner
          • (uncredited)
          Eugène Stuber
          • Un gangster
          • (uncredited)
          • Director
            • René Clair
          • Writer
            • René Clair(story and screenplay)
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          • Trivia
            When Charles Chaplin's Modern Times (1936) premiered, the original distribution company of À nous la liberté, Tobis, wanted to sue. Director René Clair refused to join such a suit, saying that he considered it a compliment if Charles Chaplin based his film on René Clair's, but the suit went ahead nevertheless. Tobis, sued United Artists and Charles Chaplin for plagiarism. The suit, with separate segments in France and in the US, went on for more than a decade, right through WWII. Charles Chaplin, at the request of his lawyers, finally settled, but never admitted to the charge. René Clair stayed aloof from the affair, and he and Charles Chaplin, whom he greatly admired, remained friends.
          • 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

          • Alternate versions
            In 1950 director Rene Clair re-edited and shortened the film based on existing prints (the Nazis had destroyed the negative). Some excisions include the singing flowers and the scene at the Luna Park.
          • Connections
            Featured in Fejezetek a film történetéböl: A francia lírai realizmus (1989)

          User reviews41

          Review
          Top review
          9/10
          Timeless French classic
          This is a little gem of a film that doesn't date nearly as much as you would think, considering it come from the early thirties. The masterful hand of director Rene Clair overcomes an insubstantial plot and imbues the film with some fantastic visuals, humorous satire and some good clean knockabout fun. Two prisoners escape from custody and one reaches the top of the ladder while the other clings onto the bottom rung. Clair makes his feeling about capitalism clear by showing how the worker under the capitalist is as much a prisoner as the people locked in the jail. But any political overtones are not so much that they interrupt with the comic narrative and the film merrily continues with it's chases, bottom-kicking and all manner of good-natured silliness. Highly recommended.
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          3
          • Steamcarrot
          • Nov 22, 2006

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          • Release date
            • December 31, 1931 (United States)
          • Country of origin
            • France
          • Language
            • French
          • Also known as
            • Sloboda je nasa
          • Production company
            • Films Sonores Tobis
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          Technical specs

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          • Runtime
            1 hour 37 minutes
          • Color
            • Black and White
          • Sound mix
            • Mono
          • Aspect ratio
            • 1.20 : 1

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