Summary A few months after the fall of France in 1940, lieutenant Pierre Mendès France is brought to the prison of Clermont-Ferrand. Arrested in Morocco for desertion by the new government forged and lead by Marshall Pétain, the former deputy prepares his defense with his lawyers, explaining why he left the country in June 1940 to North Africa on board the liner Massilia. View more details
Directed : Laurent Heynemann
Written : Alain Le Henry Jean-Denis Bredin
Stars : Jean-Claude Dauphin Jacques Spiesser Bruno Solo Didier Bénureau
Genres : Drama History Biography
Release date : Mar 8, 2011
Countries of origin : France
Language : French
Filming locations : Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Production companies : France Télévisions TV5MONDE Effervescence
Summary A few months after the fall of France in 1940, lieutenant Pierre Mendès France is brought to the prison of Clermont-Ferrand. Arrested in Morocco for desertion by the new government forged and lead by Marshall Pétain, the former deputy prepares his defense with his lawyers, explaining why he left the country in June 1940 to North Africa on board the liner Massilia. View more details
Genres : Drama History Biography
Release date : Mar 8, 2011
Countries of origin : France
Language : French
Filming locations : Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Production companies : France Télévisions TV5MONDE Effervescence