Inspired by a letter by Friedrich Engels and a 1974 account of two militant Marxist writers who had been imprisoned by the Nasser regime, Straub-Huillet filmed this film in France and Egypt during 1980. They reflect on Egypt’s history of peasant struggle and liberation from Western colonization, and link it to class tensions in France shortly before the Revolution of 1789, quoting texts by Engels as well as the pioneering nonfiction film Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895).
Directing | Jean-Marie Straub | Director |
Directing | Danièle Huillet | Director |
Camera | Robert Alazraki | Director of Photography |
Camera | Caroline Champetier | Director of Photography |
Camera | William Lubtchansky | Director of Photography |
Camera | Marguerite Perlado | Director of Photography |
Editing | Jean-Marie Straub | Editor |
Editing | Danièle Huillet | Editor |
Writing | Danièle Huillet | Writer |
Sound | Manfred Blank | Sound Recordist |
Writing | Jean-Marie Straub | Writer |
Sound | Louis Hochet | Sound Recordist |
Production | Danièle Huillet | Producer |
Directing | Vincent Nordon | Assistant Director |
Directing | Gaber Abdel-Ghani | Assistant Director |
Directing | Mustafa Darwish | Assistant Director |
Directing | Leo Mingrone | Assistant Director |
Directing | Radovan Tadic | Assistant Director |
Production | Jean-Marie Straub | Producer |
Directing | Isaline Panchaud | Assistant Director |
Directing | Baghat Mostafa | Assistant Director |
Directing | Magda Wassef | Assistant Director |