America as Seen by a Frenchman (1960)

Director: François Reichenbach

At the end of the 1950s, French documentarian François Reichenbach spent eighteen months traveling the United States, documenting its diverse regions, their inhabitants, and their pastimes. The result is a journey through a multitude of different Americas, filtered through a French sensibility.

Cast

Jean Cocteau

Narrator (Afterword)

Paul Klinger

Narrator (German Version)

June Richmond

Sings: The Zulu-Song