Version : French
Duration : 19'
Format : 35 mm. - Béta SP - DVCam - Mpeg4
Black & white
Distribution : Histoire (France)
Scriptwriter : Jean FAUREZ
Producer : ARMOR Films - Fred ORAIN
Country
France
Music
Georges VAN PARYS, J.P. RAMEAU, F. COUPERIN
Picture
Pierre ANCRENAZ
Archive footage
- Illustration of the construction of a wall by Puig Rosado,
- Plan of Vauban's fortifications,
- Archive images from the 2nd World War: Hitler, German troops on parade,
- Construction of trenches and fortifications (archive),
- Cross-section of a fort on the Maginot line,
- British soldiers during the Dieppe affair (archive),
- Maginot fortifications camouflaged in a villa (archive),
- German soldiers inspecting fortifications (archive),
- Images of crashed vehicles,
- A mushroom cloud with the word "end" inscribed on it.
Illustrated with engravings, drawings by the cartoonist Puig Rosado and archive documents from the Second World War, this film highlights the contradictions involved in building walls, particularly military walls, in which ordinary people are always the victims in the face of social hierarchy.
