Comité de libération du cinéma français
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Comité de libération du cinéma français was an organization of filmmakers in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 created in 1943. Most known members are Jacques Becker
Jacques Becker
Jacques Becker was a French screenwriter and film director.Becker was born in Paris, in an upper class background. During the 1930s he worked as an assistant to director Jean Renoir during his peak period, which produced such cinematic masterpieces as Grand Illusion and The Rules of the Game...

, Pierre Blanchar
Pierre Blanchar
Pierre Blanchar was a French actor. He appeared in 54 films between 1922 and 1961.-Selected filmography:* L'Atlantide * Street of Shadows * A Royal Divorce...

, Louis Daquin
Louis Daquin
Louis Daquin was a French film director and actor. He directed 14 films between 1938 and 1963. He also appeared in 11 films between 1937 and 1979.-Selected filmography:...

, Jean Painlevé
Jean Painlevé
Jean Painlevé was a film director, actor, translator, animator, critic and theorist. He was the son of mathematician and twice prime-minister of France, Paul Painlevé.-Upbringing:...

, Jean-Paul Le Chainos. Members of this organization made projects for French cinema for after the War. During the German occupation of France in World War II
German occupation of France in World War II
The Military Administration in France was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II. It remained in existence from May 1940 to December 1944. As a result of the defeat of France and its Allies in the Battle of France, the French cabinet sought a cessation...

 they made films about the Maquis
Maquis (World War II)
The Maquis were the predominantly rural guerrilla bands of the French Resistance. Initially they were composed of men who had escaped into the mountains to avoid conscription into Vichy France's Service du travail obligatoire to provide forced labour for Germany...

, such as one showing a Maquis camp in Vercors
Vercors
Vercors is an upland district in the south-east of France:* Vercors Caves, a set of long caves* Vercors Plateau, a range of mountains and plateaus in the department of Isère, French Alps* Vercors Regional Natural Park, a protected area of southeastern France...

. They filmed during the uprising in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 which was used in the movie "Liberation de Paris- register" Andre Zwabada. Parts of this movie were used in the chronicle France Libre Actualités.
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