
THE SPANISH FLU
THE INVISIBLE ENNEMY
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Direction
Paul Le Grouyer -
Author
Paul Le Grouyer & Lucie Pastor -
Broadcaster
France 2
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Category
Documentaries -
Length
52 minutes
Synopsis
In April 1918, while Europe was plunged into WWI, an extremely virulent flu swept across every continent. Wrongly called «Spanish flu», it raged for two years, causing the death of more than 50 million people before disappearing and falling into oblivion. A global historical investigation, thanks to access to rare and previously unseen archives and the use of the international press, photos and personal diaries of the time, the film will offer both deep insight and a chronological analysis of one of the major collective catastrophes of the 20th century.
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Available versions
Français -
Format
16/9ème -
Distributor
Cinétévé Sales - Gorka Gallier - g.gallier@cineteve.fr - Erik Tollu e.tollu@cineteve.fr -
Technical team
Original music : Stéphane Lopez Chief Editor : Pierre Sainteny Sound editor : Frédéric Commault Documentalist : Deborah Ford-Gribaudi Voice recording and mixing : Georges Lafitte Directors of Production: Gaëlle Cottais & Nancy-Emmanuelle Gille Production manager: Élise Rothenbühler Production assistant: Yannick Aka Kouassi Production interns: Justine Soistier, Maroussia Kazan, Zoé Allard -
Cast
Authors: Lucie Pastor and Paul Le Grouyer director: Paul Le Grouyer producers: Fabienne Servan Schreiber & Fatma Tarhouni Historical advisors: Freddy Vinet Narrator: Éric Caravaca Editorialist assistant : Gauvain Siémons -
International sales
Cinétévé Sales - Gorka Gallier - g.gallier@cineteve.fr - Erik Tollu e.tollu@cineteve.fr - Press officer : Michaël Morlon