Public Affairs (1934)
Affaires publiques (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 25min
- Short, Comedy
- Aug 1934 (France)
- Short
Bresson's first film is, totally uncharacteristically, a slapstick comedy, centred around two neighbouring republics, Crogandia and Miremia, and the various disasters that befall the ceremonial unveiling of a statue, the launching of a...
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Beby | ... |
Le chancelier de Crogandie
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Andrée Servilanges | ... |
La princesse de Miremi
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| Marcel Dalio | ... |
Le speaker / Le sculpteur / Le capitaine des pompiers / L'amiral
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Gilles Margaritis | ... |
Le chauffeur
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Simone Cressier | ... |
Christiane
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| Jane Pierson | ... |
La suivante
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Franck Maurice | ... |
Un matelot
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André Numès Fils | ... |
Un badaud
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Jacques Beauvais |
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Eugène Stuber |
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Les Clowns du Cirque d'Hiver | ... |
Les clowns (uncredited)
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Les Girls des Folies-Bergère | ... |
Des girls (uncredited)
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Les Girls du Théâtre Pigalle | ... |
Des girls (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Robert Bresson | ||
Written by
| Robert Bresson | ... | (scenario) |
| Robert Bresson | ... | (dialogue) & |
| Antoine Josset | ... | (dialogue) and |
| Paul Weill | ... | (dialogue) |
Music by
| Jean Wiener | ||
Cinematography by
| Nikolai Toporkoff | ... | (as Toporkoff) |
Editing by
| Robert Bresson | ||
| Pierre Charbonnier | ||
Art Direction by
| Pierre Charbonnier | ||
Makeup Department
| Boris de Fast | ... | makeup artist |
Sound Department
| Georges Gérardot | ... | sound (as Gérardot) |
| Marcel Petiot | ... | sound recordist |
Music Department
| Roger Desormière | ... | technical collaboration (as Roger Désormière) |
Additional Crew
| André Cerf | ... | technical consultant |
| Geissmann | ... | administrator |
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- Caméréclair Radio (sound recording system)
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Bresson's first film is, totally uncharacteristically, a slapstick comedy, centred around two neighbouring republics, Crogandia and Miremia, and the various disasters that befall the ceremonial unveiling of a statue, the launching of a ship, and the crash-landing of a Miremian pilot in Crogandian territory.
Written by Michael Brooke |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Considered to have been destroyed in a fire during the war, the film was found again by the Cinémathèque Française in 1986. See more » |