All language subtitles for [1936] Jean Renoir - La Vie est a nous (EN)

LA VIE EST A NOUS
AKA THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE

A COLLECTIVE FILM DIRECTED
BY A TEAM

OF TECHNICIANS, ARTISTS
AND WORKMEN.

The geographical position of France,

bathed by the Atlantic
and the Mediterranean,

the fortunate distribution
of plains and mountains,

the ground fertility
and the mild climate,

the presence of large waterways,

the easiness of communications,

its inhabitants' industry,

have made our country

one of the richest
and most beautiful in the world.

I want to give you a glimpse

of the extent and diversity
of France wealth.

Most of the French ground is farmable.

France is at the fifth place
for the wheat production,

with an annual harvest
of 85 millions tons.

It produces 50 millions tons of oat,

11 millions tons of barley, 9 of rye,

5 of maize, and 3 to 4 of buckwheat.

France is the leader for
the wine production,

with 60 to 75 millions
of hectoliters per year.

Its vineyards have a worldwide
reputation.

Its apple trees supply
material for 20 to 30 millions

of hectoliters of cider each year.

Its forests cover
11 millions of hectares.

More would be covered if
the mountainous areas were wooded.

France produces every year, in average,

50 millions tons of sugar beet.

The tobacco, linen, and hemp cultures

are also developed.

The olive picking allows to
extract 10.000 tons of oil.

France, an agricultural nation,

has also developed into
a great industrial nation.

A few numbers to underline it.

The coal production has jumped from

41 millions tons before the war

to 51 millions in 1930.

Regarding hydroelectricity,

France is the richest country
in Europe.

The hydroelectric plants
produce 6 billions kilowatts;

the thermal ones, 8 billions.

Its iron production,
which reaches 55 millions tons,

is only outperformed
by the United States.

It is, by far, superior to
the english and german productions.

From 1927 to 1930,
the industry has delivered

10.441.000 tons
of cast iron

and 9.666.000 tons of steel.

Engineering industry has been developed.

At the first rank, the car industry.

France, in 1930,

has reached an annual production
of 300.000 cars.

Centuries have gathered in France

marvelous artistic treasures.

An anonymous crowd of architects,
sculptors and master-builders

built during the Middle Ages,
cathedrals such as those of Chartres,

Rouen, Reims, Sens, Amiens...

Such as Notre Dame de Paris,

whose beauty shows
the genius of our nation.

The Renaissance
and the century of Louis XIV

have given us castles and palaces.
Some of which are true wonders.

The palace of Versailles
is a bright manifestation of greatness.

Paris, the city of light,

has an incomparable prestige
all over the world.

The amount and beauty of its monuments,

the marvelous layout of its places,

of its avenues and walkways,

made it the most loved city
in the world.

Its artistic and intellectual influence
is unequaled.

We can say that Paris is
the capital of luxury and elegance.

It is in Paris where
designers, bootmakers

and jewelers come to look
for their models.

France is unequaled
concerning haute couture,

lingerie, artificial flowers, lace.

France is famous for its luxury goods.

The items from Paris have
a worldwide reputation.

The dresses, hats, coats and furs

that you can see at Longchamps,
Bois de Boulogne or Champs-Elys�es,

are unique and incomparable.

Obviously, you haven't had the
opportunity to realize it,

but a little hat,

a little feminine hat...

Well, the parisian chic
is also among France glories!

We will continue next lesson
with sea fishing,

as well as the ways of communication
and the textile industry.

Very important, the textile industry:
The French silk.

It's our turn to travel the world!

- Have you ever went to the sea?
- No, but I could.

You don't make 4.000 francs
from chicken and feathers?

- No, 4 billions.
- Ah, Damn!

Poor kids.

Heard the teacher?
France has the most wine.

- What about the corn?
- And iron! And feminine hats.

- And we make silk too.
- I did a lot of silkworms.

- I know, you feed it with salads.
- You're mixing up with snails.

You give mulberries to the silkworms
and then you get butterflies.

- Bye, guys.
- Goodbye, Gaston.

Anyway, at my aunt's wedding,
my mother wore a silk dress.

- It was her dress?
- No, one of her client.

My mother borrowed it.

And the castles! We have castles!

- Have you ever seen one?
- Sure, I have. I've seen 10.

- I've seen 15.
- 15? You're joking!

- There's better like palaces.
- I prefer castles.

I prefer something you can eat.

Rabbit has a good taste.
I ate some during my sister's communion.

- I prefer chicken.
- Have you ever tasted it?

No.

- Hey guys, let's play?
- Yes, wait a second.

Kiddos, give me some space, please.

Yes, my friend,
France is a very rich country.

Very rich? My mother says we're poor.
How come?

Because your father doesn't have a job.

When he had one, we were poor too.
We never had a lot of money.

Same for my family.

At my house,
there's as much money as you want.

As you want? How much?

Yesterday, my mom said:

"I have 30 bucks to finish the week."
You imagine?

30 bucks?
Your family must be healthy.

Then, what about the 4 billions
from the chickens and feathers?

- Who has it?
- The rich people!

France doesn't belong to the French
because it is owned by 200 families.

France doesn't belong to the French

because it is owned by
those who exploit it.

Ladies and gentlemen, come with us.

Everyone: young, old,
please, follow us.

These people, enemies of your country,
we will show them to you.

You will see them manoeuvre.
Comrades, look!

200 FAMILIES ALBUM

CANNON MERCHANT

41 BOARD SEATS

You know too well, gentlemen,
that the current crisis,

reducing massively the market size,

commands collateral restrictions
in the production.

It even requires the destruction of
some of the stocks

that clog up the market.

This is why the steel factory
of Rocquencourt that we control,

had to proceed to
a destruction of material.

This is not an innovation.

I won't teach you anything by
telling you that in many countries,

they had to destroy foodstuff,

and staple goods.

These operations have given
excellent results

and have led to a stabilization
in the global market.

They throw the milk in the U.S.

In other regions, they burn the corn
or throw coffee in the sea.

We haven't neglected anything to reduce

the sacrifices
that this period of suspense

put on our shareholders.

Some painful savings were required

as were included many layoffs

and forced retirements
of devoted collaborators.

Employees must understand the situation

and adapt.

They must accept the unavoidable aspect
of these sacrifices.

We have planned new reductions

to make in this sector...

Samson has been playing for 2 hours.

- Where is he?
- At the big table.

- Is your car a Voisin?
- No, my dear,

I only buy American cars.
I hate French cars.

- Look, here is the bank.
- Social insurance?

First, what does social insurance mean?

- 2 millions.
- Ok.

- Eight.
- Nine.

Well, I have lost.
I will send you a check.

2 millions!

We must proceed, gentlemen,
immediately,

to a new temporary reduction
of the workforce

and a readjustment of the wages.

Reduction, reduction.

Work and bread! Work and bread!

- Horrid orangeade. It's hot!
- But, sir...

I found one!

Marvelous!
A true scoundrel cap.

Bravo, Gontran! Incredible.

Normal.
He kills his scoundrel every time.

He'll surely become a branch manager.

THE FRENCH FASCISTS ARE TRAINING.

WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THEM MANEUVERING

FEBRUARY 6TH 1934.

FEBRUARY 7TH, AT DAWN.

"When a count meets another count,"

"what do they count?
Stories of viscounts."

THE FRENCH HITLERIANS PARADE MILITARILY.

Long live Colonel La Rocque!
Bravo!

Nothing to do?

Wrong, there's the Communist Party.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH 1934.

UNITED FRONT, AT 8,
AT PLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE.

UNITY OF ACTION FOR THE GENERAL STRIKE.

"Let's go, proletarians,
Let's be strong..."

"The blood of our brothers..."

DOWN WITH THE MURDERER FASCISM!

GENERAL MASSIVE STRIKE!

WORKMEN, UNITE!

6 WORKMEN KILLED IN 6 DAYS.

A MASSIVE FRONT OF WORKERS WAS MOBILIZED

AGAINST FASCISM, THIS MONDAY.

UNITY OF ACTION.
POPULAR FRONT.

"Grab your weapons, citizens!
Form your battalions!"

"Let us march! Let us march!"

"May impure blood
Water our fields!"

"Let's go children of the fatherland,
The day of glory has arrived!"

Dissolution of the fascist regime!

Popular Front!

A NATION STANDING
FOR LIBERTY!

THE FASCISTS EXPLOITED
THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER.

THEY WANTED TO USE
THE EX-SERVICEMEN.

BUT ON NOVEMBER 11th 1935...

THE UNKNOWN FOUND HIS COMRADES!

100.000 EX-SERVICEMEN DEMONSTRATED,
ACCLAIMED BY PARISIANS.

THE COMMUNIST PARTY
PUSHED FASCISM BACK.

TO REMOVE, ONCE AND FOR ALL,
THIS MENACE,

TO ELIMINATE MISERY AND WAR,

LET US FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE

OF THE U.S.S.R.

VOTE COMMUNIST

THE RICH MUST PAY

LENIN

"To the front, partisans,
to reach the shore,"

"the last rampart of the whites.
By the mountains and the plains..."

STALIN

"... went forward, the partisans..."

"... went forward, the partisans..."

"Our peace and our conquest
as in 1917..."

"L'Humanit�",
the organ defending all workers...

Ask for "L'Humanit�".

Ask for "L'Humanit�"
against war and fascism,

central organ of the Communist Party.

Ask for "L'Humanit�",

journal defending all workers.

- Sit down.
- Good morning. Here is the mail.

I'm finishing the article
that you will bring to the printing.

I also brought the bank numbers.

Good. Very Good.

Sales from sunday edition: 360.000.

It has augmented compared to last week.

Auction sales: 40.550.

Fascists! Murderers!

"The blood of our brothers
calls for rebellion."

"The mass anger won't be stopped."

The mail!

Here. Thank you, mailman.

This one is from a steelworker:
"Dear comrade Cachin,

I work in a factory."

"The management is always trying,
by all means,"

"to raise the rhythm of production
and layoff employees."

"To do so,
they have just hired a timekeeper"

"who is here to spy on us."

- If you want, we can go to the movies?
- I've been told already.

You're very slow today.
You went out last night, right?

Is it of your concern?

Then, work, eh?

After work, you will come to my office.

- What did he want?
- I'm too old, that's what he wanted.

- Prepare Bertain's papers.
- The old man? He's been here forever!

In 2 years, he could retire.

Then, that will be a saving.
Do as I say.

You can't do that.
He's been here for 23 years, like me.

After 23 years, a man is finished.
I have orders, give me a break!

The idlers must be given a lesson.

We are half too much here.
It's not a nursing home.

- But old Gustave...
- No, that's enough.

Sentiments won't improve production.

- What for?
- Ah, you're smart.

- What's on your mind?
- The timekeeper. I want to beat him up.

Don't make anything silly.
Forget him, he's not interesting.

- We've got better things to do.
- It's true.

And the support of farmers cell.

- I'm late.
- We noticed.

- Comrades, name a chairman.
- You are the chairman.

I must write the report.

- Then, Victor.
- Yes, Victor.

Louise will be the session secretary.

Here is the agenda for tonight meeting.

The bureau pointed out sympathizers.
Lucien, Jacques and another comrade.

First, examine the factory situation.

Second, the journal of the factory.

Third, organize a retaliation
against the management

- concerning Old Gustave's layoff.
- Ah, yes.

- Tonin has the floor.
- Comrades, you know the situation.

8 days ago, the management passed
a new prize cut on items.

There was discontent in the workshops.

Now, there's a new fact.
Old Gustave has been dismissed.

He was told at the last moment

to avoid a reaction from us.

Let's beat him up!

Calm down, comrade.
You'll have the floor.

This is not the correct answer,

beating him up won't feed Gustave.

You're right, comrade.

The bureau will have to work tonight.

A tract will be released tomorrow

to inform all the other sections.

Then, to defend old Gustave,
we'll examine possibilities of stoppage

and timekeeper's termination
or, at least, change his methods.

And, we'll reclaim the restoration
of the old prices!

Agreed.

- Is it good?
- Good, very good.

9 am. It's the time these gentlemen
from management arrive.

It's finished.

When your sister is done typing it,
you'll bring it to Victor.

- Yes, General.
- Let's move.

Nicolas!
Gustave's daughter is here for you.

What's going on?

- What is it?
- I'm worried. My father disappeared.

You're the only one
who can bring him to his sense.

Tell him about my baby.
He's the only one bringing money.

Don't worry, we're on our way.

Stay calm, he'll bring him home.

Everything will be fixed, don't worry.

Destroy the machines?

I want to destroy them.
Consequences don't matter.

Have you lost your mind?

They'll replace the machines
and you'll go to prison.

In Russia, they reduced the day's work

and raised the wages
thanks to the machines.

Here, the rich prefer to let us die

rather than reduce their profit.

- What will I do with my family?
- We're here, mate.

Come, mate.

If it fails, we'll be sacked.

Hey, here!

Comrades,

instead of giving us a 40 hours week
paid as 48,

they reduce the items prices
and sack people.

- This can't go on.
- No!

We'll submit our demands.

If not accepted,
we'll extend to the whole factory.

Comrades, you must elect
delegates who talk to the managers.

- Why not Tonin Dartelier?
- Or Mr. Latrinque!

- Hurray to Dartelier!
- A woman!

To the management!

And most important, no politics.

But it's politics.
Politics between us.

What a fine mess!

With a strike in the factory,
we'll lose our best clients.

We can't afford that now.

Say something!

Mr. director, it's the communism!

And you, Albert, what do you think?

Mr. director,
if you want my opinion,

Gustave, an excellent worker,
must be re-established.

And restore the items prices.

- The important thing is buying time.
- You're right, I'll talk to them.

What's going on, friends?
I'm very surprised

you left your work.

It's about our comrade Bertain.
He's a good worker.

His family relies on him.
We'd like you to hire him back.

He's a serious worker.

If that's your only concern, evidently.
Well, we'll see.

You didn't need to stop working
for such a small matter.

Every time you have a problem,

come see me, I'll try to fix it.

There's also the timekeeper.
He's always on our back.

Ok, Ok. I'll tell Mr. Albert
to come and you'll fix that.

Now, go back to work

and tell your coworkers to do the same.

If Mr. Albert comes,
then we'll be good.

Excuse me, Mr. director.

I'll read you my comrades' demands.

They want the sack of the incompetent,

the reinstatement of comrade Bertain,

the restoration of the items prices,

impunity for the delegates.

If not, they'll continue the strike

and extend it to all sectors.

Ok...

Mauchard...

It'd be better if you don't show up
for a month.

They must be talking inside.

You did a good job.
I was being fooled.

- You think they'll accept?
- Sure!

The director has examined your demands.

As they seemed fair, he accepted it.

But he said there shouldn't be

a new strike
because there would be sanctions.

You shouldn't be in first front.
You are intelligent.

That could cost you.

- Told you they'd take you back.
- You can say he worked well.

Management must be mad.

- Hurray to Gustave!
- Long live!

For the timekeeper, boo!

"Comrades from the factory would like
to thank the Communist Party"

"whose positive action has been shown
in old Gustave's case."

"They know these actions are needed,"

"in every occasions
when their living conditions..."

Saint-Aubin-le-Monial,
little village in L'Allier,

I remember.

A sideboard made of oak
containing a chipped salad bowl,

a milk box, a soup tureen,
a coffee grinder and 21 plates.

A waxed table made of oak,
2 benches, a chair and 5 plates.

An oil lamp in suspension,

a clock with its box,
a gas stove, brand Bennet.

A bed. We'll let you the bed.

A wardrobe made of oak with sheets.

That's all for the wardrobe.

It's your son, killed during the war.

No, he came back, but he had gas.
He died 5 years ago.

- Gas can be fatal.
- We can be fatal too.

We don't want your opinion, communist.

Is he family?

He's my nephew.
He's in the Communist Party.

You didn't choose.

The wheat you couldn't sell...
Let's go out to continue the inventory.

Come, Mr. Lecoq.

Why are you crying, mammy?

Leave me alone.
Go see your grandfather.

What are we going to do?

Don't cry like that, it's not useful.

All this unsaleable wheat in the barn...

Philippe, you think it's fair?

- I'm going to the castle.
- To the castle? What for?

No, stay with me, my little Germaine.

I'm going to the castle.

The marquise wants us homeless,
I'll try to reason her.

Maybe she'll listen to me and change.

Have you finished with the mare?

Let's go to the wheat.
There's a lot, but it's worthless.

Poor you, we're selling you too.

I'm taking back my farm.
I can't ruin my people

to enrich yours. It's enough.

We'll proceed by justice authority

to a public sale of Mr. Lecoq's goods,

farmer at Saint-Aubin-le-Monial.

Consisting of cattle, cows, beefs,
pigs, harnesses, milk material,

farm animals,
several pieces of furniture,

plowing instruments, etc.

Then we'll put for auction

an important amount of wheat.

Come closer.

Come closer, friends.

Hurry up, gentlemen!

The sale will be long!

We'll begin immediately
with the animals.

A superb 6 years old mare,
without infirmity,

as proved by the veterinary certificate.

Friends, who will make the first bid?

Nobody interested?

Uh...

Two francs.

Silence, we're not here for fun.

Two francs.

Two francs and fifty cents.

- I'll talk if I want to.
- Shut your mouth, be quiet.

Nobody else?
2,50 francs for such a mare?

It's shameful!

You're not here to say that.
Do your bailiff job.

- That's all we're asking.
- Very well.

One, two, three...

Sold!
Two francs and 50 cents.

The cows now. A red cow
and two black and white cows.

Who will bid first?

Three francs.

Three francs.

One, two, three.
Nobody else? Sold!

You've bought everything
for 112,50 francs.

My compliments.
You're not doing a bad deal.

As you say. Thank you for everything.

Here uncle, it's finished.

- It's not worth it.
- Don't thank us.

Let's go, guys.

"After the action against this sale,"

"people from the village understood"

"that communists were right to desire"

"a union between all farmers
without any distinction."

- That's enough.
- You give them reason?

- Reason? To who?
- To them.

Your boss,
the people leaving you starving.

You're so much better than them.

You went to college,

you have a degree...
You told me that so often.

There are so many among them
without education.

- Who don't even write correctly.
- A degree?

I don't mention it anymore.
When I do, they laugh at me.

That doesn't matter.
What matters is being with you.

It matters to me.

You said you'll buy new shoes.

You got your pay yesterday, so?

The gas is more important.
The coal has to be paid.

All this because of me.

If I weren't here,
you'd be with your sister.

You wouldn't have to pay the gas
and could pay new shoes.

Winter is coming and your coat...
it's too thin.

Looks like a wrapping paper.

We'll talk about all this tomorrow.
I don't want to see it, it saddens me.

You'll end up finding something.

It will always be the same,
it won't change.

- There isn't work anymore, anywhere.
- Shut up!

I'm going to cook you a meal.
With eggs.

I'll make them as you like,
the portuguese way.

They're fresh.
They were cheap though.

While I'm cooking,
you should set the table.

The wine is in the cupboard.
There must be some left.

I don't like wine, I don't drink it.

Ren�? Ren�!

What do you want?

I'm looking for a job.
I'll do anything.

They all say that,
but they are unable to do anything.

You're lazy, uh?

Serious workers disappeared,
while there's lot of work.

You'd prefer the unemployment benefit?
Tell me, honestly.

I don't touch unemployment,
I just had my degree in electricity.

I haven't worked yet.
I'm... hungry.

Ah... Well...

You can wash cars,
we'll see for the conditions after.

�mile, come here.

Brief him and give him the material.

You have the sponge?

- You seem ill.
- It's nothing, just a cold.

- It's colder here than in your country?
- Yes, but there's work here.

- You'll have to treat yourself.
- It's nothing.

The car isn't ready?

Shit! Where is the boss?

Boss! My car isn't ready!

- Sorry, boss. We had a lot of work.
- Give me that.

Get in your car, sir.
It'll take a second.

Take some bucks and get out.
I won't hire vagrants.

Get out!
And don't come here anymore!

Finished.

This little mill still works well!

He fired you?
He's a rascal, uh?

You know we help each other
in our group?

Look...

Here. And good luck.

NATIONAL VOLUNTEERS.

POPULAR SOUP.

The line!

They say that at Salvation Army...

You don't know how it works.

I told them: you call this charity?

I was hungry and gave 18 cents.
As I complained, they put me out!

- I was bad!
- It's like at the Sacred Heart.

For a 10 cents piece of bread,
you must listen to their mass;

You must get up and sit down so often.

Look, they gave me a little book.

20 cents per hour for such a job,
do you realize?

No protection against chemicals.

I was the only one working in my family.

When I got out of the hospital,
it was so hard to find a job.

I walked many kilometers after a job.

I'd love to go to the movies.
Last time I went...

- It had Douglas Fairbanks.
- Finished!

We waited for nothing.

FRIENDLY REUNION, AT JULES

THIS NIGHT AT 20:30.
COMMUNIST PARTY.

"Days will be better, friends.
Join our forces, comrades,"

"ours plans, our works, our worries."

"Days will be better, let's sing.
Days will be better, friends."

"It goes to the rising sun,
our country."

"In their victorious joy,
the youths dash forward singing."

"Soon, a new youth will come
increasing our troops."

"Days will be better, let's sing.
Days will be better, friends."

"It goes to the rising sun,
our country."

"Comrades of all class,
unite to fight misery."

"To fight it,
unite your hands and hearts."

"Union broke the yoke
that contained freedom."

"Union will create our dreams."

"Comrades of all class,
unite to fight misery."

"To fight it,
unite your hands and hearts."

"In a world of loneliness,
where nobody speaks,"

"in a world of loneliness,"

"Do they have time to dream,"

"those who have nothing?"

"Comrades of all class,
unite to fight misery."

"To fight it,
unite your hands and hearts."

"Be united, be united,"

"and all the sorrows will be defeated."

"Be united, be united,"

Tell me who they are?

Comrades, workers.

They come to repeat, at night.
There are some professionals.

We'd like to bring back in France
the taste for music.

Comrade, you're not alone.

In your deepest distress,
you're not alone.

Sky is dark,
future appears to be black,

life seems hopeless.

Comrade, buck up, you're not alone.

You're not alone.
You, who think to be desperate.

Your life will be beautiful
because we want to.

Life will stop being hard
when you are united.

Farmers, workers, unemployed,
sons and daughters of the people,

friends, comrades:
The Communist Party is calling you.

Farmers, workers, unemployed,
sons and daughters of the people,

friends, comrades:
Listen to the voice of the Party.

Come fight for your cause!
Come take your life in your hand!

Don't wait, time is running.

The Communist Party is asking you
to take the future in your hand.

Comrades, life is ours!
Comrades, come with us!

We, communists, we want to take back
from misery and fear

the hard working mass.

War victims, ex-servicemen,

trench comrades,

we're fighting to defend your rights.

We don't want to pay with our pensions

after having paid with our skins.

Young people, we're fighting to stop
the misfortune of being young.

Workmen,
we're fighting for all the demands

from the working masses of France.

We want to act immediately.
For that, there's only one solution:

Make the rich people pay.

The capitalist profit is the first cause
of the crisis.

The crisis will only be eliminated
by breaking the capitalist profit.

But capitalism still stands up.

In these conditions,

must the farmers resign and wait?

We don't think so.

The Communist Party thinks

that farmers can immediately

obtain the reduction of their suffering,

with the application of the rescue
of agriculture program

demanded by the Communist Party.

And now, new wars are being suggested.

Mothers are still crying
their 20 years old sons.

Wives cry their husband.

Women of France,
wives, mothers, fiancees

dreaming of a better future,

help us realize it.
Fight with the Communist Party

in order to obtain immediately
for your sons and family

bread, freedom and peace.
Women of France,

manual workers and intellectuals,

unite to protect your family
by protecting peace.

Today, it's against
Mussolini and Hitler's fascism

that Communist Party defends peace
seriously threatened.

Against the war exploiter,
it will act with two means.

First, it will back up all measures

by anyone who refuses war.

That's why communists voted

the french-russian pact of assistance

against a potential aggressor.

That's why the Party approved
the Society of Nations

when it took sanctions,
though insufficient,

to put an end
at the shameful carnage in Ethiopia.

But the Communist Party knows well

that such actions require
unity of workers

from all over the world.

The communists call them
to fight brotherly

against fascism and war

next to the Soviet Union Red Army,

essential rampart for world peace.

We are a great party.

Composed of dozens of thousands
of admirable men and women.

It's an enormous creative force.

Our party, that wants a better humanity

and to assure the happiness
of the working class,

it's the family home
that we love to live in.

We, communists,
want to create a new world.

We are naturally next to the youth,

who detains the virtues
of abnegation and courage,

as demonstrated
during the difficult times of the past.

French youth,

you were at Valmy where were opposed

face to face, the monarchistic world,

the old feudal world
and the France who made the revolution.

French youth, you were the soul
of the revolution armys.

French youth, you were the barrier

of the Commune de Paris.

French youth, you were fighting
in the streets

in february 1934.

You were at Place de la Republique,
on February 9,

when one of yours, Blanchin, was killed.

You were in the twentieth district
when Villemin fell down.

You were at Livry-Gargan
when Gaultier was killed.

You were at Montargis,
when Lamy was killed

by the fascist, Trochu.

French youth, who are always

on the first front
for the great causes,

unite!

With a same heart, a same enthusiasm,

confident in your destiny,

walk hands united

at the conquest of life,
at the conquest of happiness.

French communists,
we must follow the example

of ours brothers from the Soviet Union.

We are internationalists,
loyal militants

of the International Communist.

We are the brothers of Telemann

who we want to save from Hitler's claws

as we saved the great Dimitrov,

converted as pilot of our International.

We have the working class

and the French mass
to resist victoriously.

We want to do more.

We want to eliminate for ever
the threats of enslavement

that weigh on the people of our country.

Happiness, prosperity,
freedom and peace.

We want the total unity
of the working class.

We want to obtain
the union of the people of France,

the reconciliation of the French nation

against the 200 families
and their fascists agents.

We want, to sum it up,

assure the future of our country.

We, preoccupied

by the number and health
of its children,

by the wealth and quality
of its intellectual productions,

and by the splendor of its culture.

Forward under the invincible flag

of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin.

Forward!
For the success of the Popular Front,

of work, freedom and peace.

Forward for the triumph
of the French and Soviet republics.

Long live the strong, free France
that will obtain the communists.

"Stand up, damned of the Earth
Stand up, prisoners of starvation"

"Reason thunders in its volcano
This is the eruption of the end."

"Of the past let us make a clean slate
Enslaved masses, stand up, stand up."

"The world will change its foundation
We are nothing, let us be all."

"This is the final struggle
Let us group together, and tomorrow"

"The Internationale
Will be the human race."

"This is the final struggle
Let us group together, and tomorrow"

"The Internationale
Will be the human race."

"This is the final struggle
Let us group together, and tomorrow"

"The Internationale
Will be the human race."

"This is the final struggle
Let us group together, and tomorrow"

"The Internationale
Will be the human race."

"Stand up, damned of the Earth"

"Stand up, prisoners of starvation"

"Reason thunders in its volcano
This is the eruption of the end."

"The world will change its foundation
We are nothing, let us be all."

"This is the final struggle
Let us group together, and tomorrow"

"The Internationale
Will be the human race."

"This is the final struggle
Let us group together, and tomorrow"

"The Internationale
Will be..."