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Joseph Kessel, la mallette de l'ogre (2025)

Name: Joseph Kessel, la mallette de l'ogre
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2025-11-28
Rating: 8

Joseph Kessel, la mallette de l'ogre (2025), directed by Patrick de Saint-Exupéry.

11/28/2025 BR Documentary and History

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Synopsis

To tell the story of Joseph Kessel is to tell the story of the entire 20th century. He lived a thousand lives in one: reporter, novelist, exile, resistance fighter, screenwriter, adventurer, gambler, poet, alcoholic, cabaret lover, seducer, and inveterate globetrotter. Through archival footage and Kessel's colorful language, this film traces the journey of a man who turned reporting into an epic and reality into the stuff of novels.

Patrick de Saint-ExupéryDirector
Tania GoldenbergEditing
Gilles PerezProducer

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It premiered on November 28, 2025, a Friday.
This film's quiz has 5 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

Studios13 Prods, France Télévisions, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah, PROCIREP, Angoa-Agicoa, CNC
CountriesFrance
StatusReleased

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Patrick de Saint-Exupéry Director
Tania Goldenberg Editing
Gilles Perez Producer

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What is Joseph Kessel, la mallette de l'ogre about?

Joseph Kessel, la mallette de l'ogre: To tell the story of Joseph Kessel is to tell the story of the entire 20th century. He lived a thousand lives in one: reporter, novelist, exile, resistance fighter, screenwriter, adventurer, gambler, poet, alcoholic, cabaret lover, seducer, and inveterate globetrotter. Through archival footage and Kessel's colorful la…

Who directed Joseph Kessel, la mallette de l'ogre?

Joseph Kessel, la mallette de l'ogre was directed by Patrick de Saint-Exupéry in 2025.