All Episodes of 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
Season 1
N/A/100 votesLe Petit Prince de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/7/1970
'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.
Director: André Dhénaut, André Lecoeuvre
Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Le Petit Chose
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/3/1971
'Little Good-For-Nothing' or 'Little What's-His-Name' by Alphonse Daudet.
Director: Jean Archimbaud
Writer: Alphonse Daudet
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Le Noeud de vipères
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/7/1971
'The Knot of Vipers' by François Mauriac. A reading of Mauriac's novel that combines personal accounts with adapted scenes.
Director: Serge Moati
Writer: Unknown
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La Chartreuse de Parme
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/17/1971
'The Charterhouse of Parma' by Stendhal.
Director: Michel Favart
Writer: Stendhal
N/A/100 votesDu côté de chez Swann
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/22/1971
'Swann's Way' by Marcel Proust.
Director: Claude Santelli
Writer: Marcel Proust
N/A/100 votesA la recherche du temps perdu
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/22/1971
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.
Director: Claude Santelli
Writer: Marcel Proust
N/A/100 votesMartin Eden
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/24/1972
'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.
Director: Jean-Louis Muller
Writer: Jack London
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Le portrait de Socrate
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/26/1972
The portrait of Socrates.
Director: Jean Archimbaud, Alain Dhenaut, Bernard d'Abrigeon
Writer: Unknown
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L'exode
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/23/1972
The biblical Book of Exodus.
Director: Serge Moati
Writer: Unknown
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Les Souffrances du jeune Werther
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/22/1972
'The Sorrows of Young Werther' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Director: Claude Santelli, Gilbert Larriaga
Writer: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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L'île mystérieuse
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/15/1972
'The Mysterious Island' by Jules Verne.
Director: Claude Santelli
Writer: Jules Verne
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L'Enfance de Gorky
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/26/1972
'My Childhood' by Maxim Gorky.
Director: Claude Santelli
Writer: Maxim Gorky
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Gargantua
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/24/1972
'Gargantua' by François Rabelais.
Director: Marcel Boudou
Writer: François Rabelais
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Jude l'Obscur
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/26/1972
'Jude the obscure' by Thomas Hardy.
Director: Claude Santelli
Writer: Thomas Hardy
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Robinson Crusoe
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/20/1972
'Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe.
Director: Claude Santelli
Writer: Daniel Defoe
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Histoire de la Révolution
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/30/1973
'History of the Revolution' by Jules Michelet.
Director: Nat Lilienstein
Writer: Jules Michelet
N/A/100 votesAlice aux pays des merveilles
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/28/1973
'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!
Director: Maurice Dugowson
Writer: Lewis Carroll