Théophile Ferré was a leader of the Paris Commune who was executed by the French government on this day in 1871. Ferré personally authorized the execution of the archbishop of Paris and was the first of 25 Communards to be executed.
Little is known about Ferré's early life, before his participation in the Paris Commune. After Paris was seized by revolutionaries in March 1871, Ferré served on the Commune's Committee of Public Safety, a body given extensive powers to hunt down enemies of the Commune.
On April 5th, the Commune passed a decree that authorized the arrest of any person thought to be loyal to the French government in Versailles, to be held as hostages. Prominent figures arrested included a Catholic priest Georges Darboy and the archbishop of Paris. The Commune hoped to exchange their hostages for Louis-Auguste Blanqui, a revolutionary and honorary President of the Commune, imprisoned by the state.
Following the events of the "Bloody Week", in which the French government summarily executed many suspected Communards, Ferré authorized the execution of several hostages, including Darboy and the archbishop.
After the resistance of the Commune collapsed, Ferré was captured by the army, tried by a military court, and sentenced to death. On November 28th, 1871, he was shot at Satory, an army camp southwest of Versailles. He was the first of twenty-five Communards to be executed for their role in the Paris Commune.
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Just saw a showing of The Wages of Fear (1955) in a 4k restoration. What a film. A pure delight
Also so blatantly anti-capitalist they had to cut 35 minutes to show it in the US, apparently
Indie theatre near me was playing it and I didn’t go because I had already seen a 35mm print… but I just realized that was the 1970s Friedkin remake Sorcerer
Oh damn, I could have seen Sorcerer a while back but decided not to. I had no idea it was a remake of this, that rules
Oh did they just restore it? Hope so I'd love to see it on the big screen.
Great flick. The 1977 remake by William Friedkin is worth a look too. I think Wages of Fear is the better flick overall, but there are elements that are definitely better in the new one.
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I'll be honest Netflix remaking a movie I like is not good news haha
Yeah, it looks absolutely terrible
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