Les Cent Livres des Hommes

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Les Cent Livres des Hommes (ORTF, 1969-1973) was a series of literary programs created by Claude Santelli and Françoise Verny, and produced notably by Santelli, Jean Archimbaud, and Serge Moati. Planned for one hundred episodes but completed at thirty-nine, the series aimed to introduce great literary works, 'chefs-d’œuvre', to a younger audience through a mix of dramatization, reading, and documentary techniques. It marked a transfer of cultural legitimacy from writers and critics to a generation of television producers, offering a new model of educational and creative literary broadcasting - 'télévision d’auteur'.

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Le Petit Prince de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

1970-06-07 · 33m

'The Little Prince' by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. An introduction to the poetic and philosophical universe of Saint-Exupéry, blending analysis and adaptation of his masterpiece.

Le Petit Chose

1971-02-03

'Little Good-For-Nothing' or 'Little What's-His-Name' by Alphonse Daudet.

Le Noeud de vipères

1971-04-07 · 50m

'The Knot of Vipers' by François Mauriac. A reading of Mauriac's novel that combines personal accounts with adapted scenes.

La Chartreuse de Parme

1971-11-17 · 75m

'The Charterhouse of Parma' by Stendhal.

Du côté de chez Swann

1971-12-22

'Swann's Way' by Marcel Proust.

A la recherche du temps perdu

1971-12-22 · 60m

A realistic and poetic evocation of Marcel Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time.' Halfway between an audiovisual adaptation and a portrait of the dandyish and reclusive writer, all in black and white by Claude Santelli, evoking the mystery, the intimacy, and the fatalism of existence.

Martin Eden

1972-01-24 · 51m

'Martin Eden' by Jack London. Claude Santelli and Jean-Louis Muller interview Professor Las Vergnas, a specialist in American literature, who contextualises the book within the author's entire body of work and life. Then, Maurice Le Goas, a labor activist, shares his experience of Jack London's influence on him.

Le portrait de Socrate

1972-01-26 · 60m

The portrait of Socrates.

L'exode

1972-02-23

The biblical Book of Exodus.

Les Souffrances du jeune Werther

1972-03-22 · 60m

'The Sorrows of Young Werther' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

L'île mystérieuse

1972-04-15

'The Mysterious Island' by Jules Verne.

L'Enfance de Gorky

1972-04-26 · 55m

'My Childhood' by Maxim Gorky.

Gargantua

1972-05-24 · 60m

'Gargantua' by François Rabelais.

Jude l'Obscur

1972-07-26 · 30m

'Jude the obscure' by Thomas Hardy.

Robinson Crusoe

1972-12-20 · 60m

'Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe.

Histoire de la Révolution

1973-07-30

'History of the Revolution' by Jules Michelet.

Alice aux pays des merveilles

1973-12-28 · 60m

'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll. This program explores Wonderland from every angle: iconic scenes in which Brigitte Fossey portrays a mischievous Alice, readings by Claude Rich, and analyses of the 'delirious metaphysics' of this great literary classic. Lewis Carroll's universe never ceases to amaze!