Préfaces • presentation Presentation • PréfacesThe 12 FilmsContacts A documentary serie directed by Stephen Dwoskin, Lutz Becker, Jean-André Fieschi, Henry Colomer, Hartmut Bitomsky, Semen Aranovitch, André S. Labarthe, Pierre Beuchot ![]() The origin of this series is the desire to encourage the reading of twentieth century European writers now dead: Anna Akhmatova, Isaac Babel, Brendan Behan... Novelists, poets, essayists, they are recognized today as great authors. They have in common the experience of having lived and written in a Europe overturned by crises, wars and revolutions. Their works and their lives serve as witness. Each film has the character of a very personal preface and expresses the joy of discovering a writer's oeuvre. A documentary serie of 12 x 26 mn - Year of production: 1989 - 1991 A coproduction Archipel 33 - La Sept Arte Centre National de la Cinématographie, Procirep and the collaboration of Ministère de la Culture Direction du Livre et de la Lecture |