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In 1941, students from the lycées Louis le Grand and Henri IV, the Sorbonne and the École normale supérieure, most from middle-class families, joined Philippe Viannay and Robert Salmon to create a clandestine newspaper, Défense de la France. They wrote it, typeset it, printed it and distributed it in dangerous conditions. In a few months, they left their studies for the Resistance. 300 of them were arrested and deported, among them Geneviève de Gaulle, 120 lost their lives, many were imprisoned…
This newspaper, which began in an artisanal fashion at the start of the German Occupation, with a printing of 3,500, would reach 450,000 copies just before the Liberation. After the end of the war, it became France Soir. 60 years later, the surviving players of this period look back on this exciting adventure which became a moment of our history and give us another aspect of the Resistance: the Resistance of the written word and the spirit.

France - 2007 - 1 h 26 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour

Director Joëlle Van Effenterre Writer Joëlle Van Effenterre Camera Pierre Befve Sound Pierre Befve Editing Lisa Pfeiffer

Production Mallia Films, 20 rue des Champs Elysées, 94250 Gentilly, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4587 5557 Fax : +33 (0)1 4587 5557 E-mail : mallia@malliafilms.com

Sales Mallia Films, 20 rue des Champs Elysées, 94250 Gentilly, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4587 5557 Fax : +33 (0)1 4587 5557 E-mail : mallia@malliafilms.com