Isabelle Clarke

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Isabelle Clarke

Born September 26, 1960 · Paris, France (age 65)

Isabelle Clarke, born in Paris on September 26, 1960, is a television director who directed the series Apocalypse, the Second World War. She began her career shooting and editing and specialized in historical documentary based on film archives in color. Institute of Audiovisual (IDA, Paris, direction Antoine de La Garanderie). Coming from a family of photographers and portraitists (Studio Endrey),…

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Dawn of the NazisDawn of the Nazis · 2017
Dawn of the Nazis
6.02017
MovieDocumentaryHistory
How Germany was when its people entered the nightmare of World War II? Despair and fear lead a hungry population to follow the chilling call of just one man to world domination. A real-life horror story, an ominous tale of violence and deception, which takes place from 1919 to 1934. (Entirely made up of restored, colorized archival footage.)
Apocalypse: The Battle of VerdunApocalypse: The Battle of Verdun · 2016
Apocalypse: The Battle of Verdun
7.12016
MovieDocumentaryHistory
A detailed account of one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. Between February and December 1916, the French and German armies relentlessly fought in the devastated camps around the village of Verdun.
Surgeon during the Algerian WarSurgeon during the Algerian War · 2012
Surgeon during the Algerian War
2012
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Has everything really been said about the Algerian war? Although the archives are opening up, almost fifty years after the signing of the Evian Agreements (March 18, 1962), direct witnesses are beginning to disappear. They are, however, unique bearers of history, often the only ones able to illustrate the harsh reality of a long-hidden period. Gérard Zwang, surgeon of the contingent between May 1956 and June 1958, is one of these essential witnesses who help us discover an original history of the Algerian War. During his service, in charge of treating the most atrocious wounds of his fellow soldiers, he sees the war from the side of its victims. He did not fight with a machine pistol in his hand, but behind the closed doors of an operating room where life gives way to death in a matter of seconds.
Hunting Down the NazisHunting Down the Nazis · 2007
Hunting Down the Nazis
7.32007
MovieDocumentaryHistory
For the first time, a film recounts the story of the long pursuit of Nazis in hiding from 1945 to the present day. Sixty years of investigations, set-backs trials and dramas, brought about principally by three extraordinary individuals—the Austrian Simon Wiesenthal, and the German-French couple, Beate and Serge Klarsfeld.
An Intimate History of OccupationAn Intimate History of Occupation · 2011
An Intimate History of Occupation
6.72011
MovieDocumentaryHistory
June 14, 1940. The German Army marches into Paris. France is an occupied country. Through exclusive amateur footage, personal stories, and popular songs from the time, this fi lm recounts life with the enemy during the occupation, as seen by the French... and the Germans! Despite the Nazis and the troubled war times, day-to-day life in occupied France went on. People learnt to live with the rationing, the cues, the curfew... Many try to forget the hard times, mainly thanks to the movies in which big stars provide a little dream and lead a privileged life. These stars don't actually collaborate, butadapt and give the impression of normal life during the war. After all, is it necessarily shameful to shake the hand of an enemy?
In Love with Adolf HitlerIn Love with Adolf Hitler · 2007
In Love with Adolf Hitler
6.32007
MovieDocumentaryHistory
This film captures the affair, full of love, lust, and despair, between Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, from 1932 until their double suicide in 1945.
The Wings of the FameThe Wings of the Fame · 2003
The Wings of the Fame
2003
MovieDocumentaryHistory
It is the epic of the heroes of the first century of aviation, since the flight of the first plane on December 17, 1903 until today. A striking collection of portraits of outstanding men and women like Louis Blériot, the first to cross the Channel, to Lindbergh who crossed the Atlantic and Amelia Earhart and many more...
Capitulation, the Final Hours that Ended World War IICapitulation, the Final Hours that Ended World War II · 2005
Capitulation, the Final Hours that Ended World War II
7.22005
MovieDocumentaryWar
A film made of archives mostly unknown, on the last day of the Second World War in Europe and on the events which preceded it. This film also shows the growing tension between the Allies and the Soviets at the time: May 8, 1945 is also the first day of the Cold War.

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Surgeon during the Algerian WarSurgeon during the Algerian War · 2012
Surgeon during the Algerian War
2012
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Has everything really been said about the Algerian war? Although the archives are opening up, almost fifty years after the signing of the Evian Agreements (March 18, 1962), direct witnesses are beginning to disappear. They are, however, unique bearers of history, often the only ones able to illustrate the harsh reality of a long-hidden period. Gérard Zwang, surgeon of the contingent between May 1956 and June 1958, is one of these essential witnesses who help us discover an original history of the Algerian War. During his service, in charge of treating the most atrocious wounds of his fellow soldiers, he sees the war from the side of its victims. He did not fight with a machine pistol in his hand, but behind the closed doors of an operating room where life gives way to death in a matter of seconds.

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An Intimate History of OccupationAn Intimate History of Occupation · 2011
An Intimate History of Occupation
6.72011
MovieDocumentaryHistory
June 14, 1940. The German Army marches into Paris. France is an occupied country. Through exclusive amateur footage, personal stories, and popular songs from the time, this fi lm recounts life with the enemy during the occupation, as seen by the French... and the Germans! Despite the Nazis and the troubled war times, day-to-day life in occupied France went on. People learnt to live with the rationing, the cues, the curfew... Many try to forget the hard times, mainly thanks to the movies in which big stars provide a little dream and lead a privileged life. These stars don't actually collaborate, butadapt and give the impression of normal life during the war. After all, is it necessarily shameful to shake the hand of an enemy?

Director

Sur la piste d'AltoSur la piste d'Alto · 2006
Sur la piste d'Alto
2006
MovieDocumentaryHistory
This film brings to life, thanks to unknown footage from the great American director William Wyler, an important period in the history of Corsica during World War II. In 1944, the Alto base near Folelli was home to both a group of fighter-bombers from the U.S. Army Air Force (the 57th Fighter Group) and the famous French Lafayette fighter group. Day after day, the young pilots of these two units took off from the Alto runway in their P-47 Thunderbolts to attack, strafe, and bomb the German troops who, in Italy, had halted the Allied advance at Monte Cassino and participated in the Provence landings in August 1944. Isabelle Clarke and Daniel Costelle tracked down the pilots, and sixty years later, these pilots are reunited...

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D-Day SacrificeD-Day Sacrifice · 2014
D-Day Sacrifice
6.92014
SeriesDocumentaryWar & Politics
Comprised entirely of re-mastered and colorised archive footage from World War II, much of it never before seen, Sacrifice recounts the story of D-Day through the testimonies of those who lived it. These important historical days are seen through the eyes of French civilians and members of the military fighting on both sides. The testimonies of famous individuals like Dwight D. Eisenhower and Erwin Rommel are intertwined with those of anonymous soldiers and citizens, such as film director Samuel Fuller and Eisenhower's chauffeur, Kay Summersby. From the preparations for D-Day all the way through to the liberation of Paris, the accounts of these men and women provide a moving and invaluable retelling of this pivotal time in history.

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