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  • Three Cheers for the Whale (1972)
  • Not Rated
    Short | 17 min | Documentary, Short
Three Cheers for the Whale (1972)
Not Rated
Short | 17 min | Documentary, Short
THREE CHEERS FOR THE WHALE chronicles the history of mankind's relationship with the largest and most majestic of marine mammals, and graphically exposes their slaughter by the fishing industry. Chris Marker's co-director, Mario Ruspoli, ...See moreTHREE CHEERS FOR THE WHALE chronicles the history of mankind's relationship with the largest and most majestic of marine mammals, and graphically exposes their slaughter by the fishing industry. Chris Marker's co-director, Mario Ruspoli, descendant of an aristocratic Italian family, had been a journalist, painter and ethnologist before discovering his vocation as a documentary filmmaker. In the Sixties he became one of the founders -along with Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin and Chris Marker- of the "direct cinema" movement, pioneering in the use of new lightweight cameras and synchronous sound recording equipment. See less
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Writer
Chris Marker (commentary)
Cinematographer
Mario Ruspoli
Editor
Chris Marker
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Updated Dec 31, 1972
Release date
1972 (France)

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5 cast members
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Casamayor
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Three Cheers for the Whale (1972)
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Valérie Mayoux
Voix intérieure (voice) Voix intérieure (voice)   See fewer
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Lalan
Voix musicale (voice) Voix musicale (voice)   See fewer
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Emily Hoffman
Interior Voice (voice) (version: 2007 English) Interior Voice (voice) (version: 2007 English)   See fewer
Three Cheers for the Whale (1972)
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Leonard Lopate
Voice (voice) (version: 2007 English) Voice (voice) (version: 2007 English)   See fewer
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