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Pif, Behind the gimmicks

Year: 2015 Documentary Runtime: 52 min Rating: 5.7

Overview

Taking stock of the extraordinary adventure of "Pif Gadget", a French publishing phenomenon of the 1970s-80s and even of the whole history of children's press. For the comic-strip magazine with the iconic dog, created in 1969 by the French Communist Party, often reached a million copies. With editions available for all of Europe (including Germany, under the title Yps), and on both sides of the Iron Curtain.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Antoine Silvestri

Antoine Silvestri

Le colonel

Estelle Simon

Estelle Simon

La vétérinaire

Guillaume Podrovnik

Guillaume Podrovnik

Le général

Emmanuel Curtil

Emmanuel Curtil

Narrator

Joris Clerté

Joris Clerté

Himself

Hervé Di Rosa

Hervé Di Rosa

Himself

Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry

Himself

Serge Rosenzweig

Serge Rosenzweig

Himself

Patrick Apel-Muller

Patrick Apel-Muller

Himself

Guy Konopnicki

Guy Konopnicki

Himself

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