Too Early / Too Late

Too Early / Too Late

6.6 | 1982-02-17 | Documentary

Inspired by a letter by Friedrich Engels and a 1974 account of two militant Marxist writers who had been imprisoned by the Nasser regime, Straub-Huillet filmed this film in France and Egypt during 1980. They reflect on Egypt’s history of peasant struggle and liberation from Western colonization, and link it to class tensions in France shortly before the Revolution of 1789, quoting texts by Engels as well as the pioneering nonfiction film Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895).

Featured Crew

Danièle Huillet Director
Jean-Marie Straub Director
Caroline Champetier Director of Photography
William Lubtchansky Director of Photography
Robert Alazraki Director of Photography
Jean-Marie Straub Editor
Marguerite Perlado Director of Photography
Danièle Huillet Editor
Louis Hochet Sound Recordist
Danièle Huillet Writer

Cast

Danièle Huillet
Danièle Huillet
Narrator (segment A) (voice)
Bahgat Elnadi
Bahgat Elnadi
Narrator (segment B) (voice) (as Bahgat el Nadi)
Gerard Samaan
Gerard Samaan
Narrator (segment B) (voice)

Images

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