The Great Hope
Original title: La Grande Espérance
Overview
Scenes and images from the French Communist Party's (PCF) 1937 Congress in Arles. La Grande Espérance highlights some of the PCF's new concerns under the Popular Front: a warning against international fascism, a desire for organic unity, and the defense of national heritage and regional cultures. It also reveals the first signs of a cult of personality surrounding Maurice Thorez. La Grande Espérance was screened (and possibly re-edited) after the Liberation. A commentary was then added to the credits emphasizing the continuity of the Communist Party’s political line and the sacrifice of its activists during the war. Today, only this post-1945 version exists.
Top-billed cast
- GGeorges Politzer
- BBenoît Frachon
- JJoseph Ramier
- PPierre Semard
- MMarcel Cachin
- JJean-Richard Bloch
- JJulien Racamond
- MMarie Politzer
- MMartha Desrumeaux
- JJacques Duclos
Crew
- Director
- Jacques Becker
- Production
- Les films populaires, Ciné France
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The Great Hope was directed by Jacques Becker.
When was The Great Hope released?
The Great Hope was released in 1937.
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