With André Gide
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Nobel-prize-winning author, social justice crusader, anti-colonialist, adventure traveler, musician, and one-time Communist: André Gide was a larger-than-life character who dominated French letters from the turn of the 20th century to his death in 1951. Directed by Marc Allégret, with whom Gide traveled extensively in French Equatorial Africa, the film was made in the year leading up to the writer’s death.
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Cast
18 people
André Gide
Self
Roland Alexandre
Self
Also in
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House of Ricordi
Pierre Braunberger
Also in
Charleston Parade
Backbiters
Marc Allégret
Also in
Blood and Roses
Jean-Louis Barrault
Self
Known for
Children of Paradise
That Night of Varennes
Dominique Drouin
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Self (archive footage)
Jean Desailly
Narrator (voice)
Known for
The Soft Skin
The Professional
Renée Faure
Self
Known for
The President
The Judge and the Assassin
Maurice Garçon
Self
Pierre Herbart
Self
Roger Martin Du Gard
Self
Marc Allégret Director
First release September 10, 1951 · Produced in France · Original title Avec André Gide
Production
Panthéon Productions
Production
France
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Languages
Original title
Avec André Gide
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Italy · September 10, 1951
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
France · February 22, 1952
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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