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Missak Manouchian and the Red Poster
7.6 / 10• 2024• 1h 36m•NR• French
DocumentaryHistory
Storyline
In February 1944, in a courtyard at Fresnes Prison, the Germans staged a spectacle to stigmatize a group of communist resistance fighters—all foreigners and mostly Jewish—who had been arrested a few weeks earlier. The propaganda aimed to discredit these fighters, portraying them as terrorists and criminals, even though they had managed to carry out numerous attacks against the occupiers in Paris. The red poster, plastered in thousands of copies across the country, would immortalize them in legend. They were subsequently executed at Mont-Valérien, near Paris. Missak Manouchian, the Armenian who led these fighters, now embodies this group in the collective memory as he is enshrined in the Panthéon, on behalf of all his comrades, 80 years after their execution.
Cast & Crew
Arthur Teboul
Narrator (voice)
LeadWhat People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hugues Nancy's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Missak Manouchian and the Red Poster is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
