Robert Antelme, the human species

Robert Antelme, the human species

by Jean MASCOLO, Jean-Marc TURINE

Production : 24 Images / Broadcast : RTBF - Arte - Vidéothèque de Paris

65 minutes - 1992

In May 1944, Robert Antelme is deported to Germany. In 1947, survivor of the death camps, he publishes « The Human Species », a book that becomes famous ofr its look at the human species through the deportation period. This documentary tells the story fof this horrible experience. With accounts of Marguerite Duras, François Mitterand, Edgar Morin, Dyonis Mascolo…