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During the interwar years, a man held public opinion in thrall. His photo made all the front pages. He was the inspiration for writers, dramatists and filmmakers: Giraudoux, Drieu La Rochelle, Anouilh, etc. His name: Anthelme Mangin. His nickname: “The Living Unknown Soldier.” His story: that of a soldier who in 1918 returned amnesiac from a German prison camp. No sooner was his existence revealed then it immediately encountered the grief of the 300,000 families of missing soldiers who couldn’t come to term with their mourning. Mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, children claimed him as their own. Despite his physique, his age and his education. Dozens of families sued to claim him. The Second World War would interrupt these actions. Taken from asylum to asylum throughout these years, he died in Sainte-Anne in 1942, alone and forsaken. Mangin, during these years, was a sort of living dead man, a specter haunting the national conscience. Without ever expressing himself. Without making judgements. Without asking for anything.

France - 2003 - 52 mn - 8 mm - Colour and B&W

Director Joël Calmettes Script Joël Calmettes based on Jean-Yves Le Naour Camera Sébastien Buchmann Sound Jean-Louis Valero Editing Murielle Froger Music Jean-Louis Valero With Pierre Macherez

Production Compagnie des Phares & Balises, 108 avenue Ledru Rollin, 75011 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4475 1133 Fax : +33 (0)1 4475 1135 E-mail : info@phares-balises.fr Co-Production ARTE France with the participation of France 2

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