A Grin Without a Cat (1977)

French essay film focusing on global political turmoil in the 1960s and '70s, particularly the rise of the New Left in France and the development of socialist movements in Latin America.

Cast

Narrator (voice)
L Laurence Guvillier
Narrator (voice)
Davos Hanich
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mao Zedong
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Qing Jiang
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Zhou Enlai
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
V Võ Nguyên Giáp
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles de Gaulle
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Georges Pompidou
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Augusto Pinochet
Narrator (voice)
François Maspero
Narrator (voice)
Yves Montand
Narrator (voice)
François Périer
Narrator (voice)
S Sandra Scarnati
Narrator (voice)
Jorge Semprún
Narrator (voice)
Simone Signoret
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Salvador Allende

Crew

Director
Chris Marker
Writer
Chris Marker
Music
L Luciano Berio
Director of Photography
Pierre-William Glenn
Director of Photography
W Willy Kurant
Editor
Chris Marker