The Great Hope

1937 · 29 min · Documentary

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.

Director: Jacques Becker
Released: December 31, 1937
Language: French

Cast

Maurice Thorez
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Marcel Cachin
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Jacques Duclos
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Danièle Casanova
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Benoît Frachon
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Georges Politzer
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Marie Politzer
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Joseph Ramier
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Martha Desrumeaux
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Pierre Semard
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Julien Racamond
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Jean-Richard Bloch
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