Mister Freedom

Mister Freedom is an American superhero who protects justice and morality, and has been sent by the all-powerful “Organization for Freedom” on a mission to save France from the yellow peril and the Red menace. Confronted by the Red Chinaman, the Music Man and the Super Frenchman, Mr. Freedom does not manage to achieve anything more than to plunge the country in blood and fire as he did in Vietnam and Iraq. Faced with this bloody satire on American imperialism, the audience initially feels it is watching a circus, until it discovers that it is actually seeing newsreel footage. Klein manages to recreate a film version of a comic book by adapting his visual world.
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Script: William Klein
Cinematography: Pierre Lhomme, Gilbert Duhalde, Guy Testa-Rosa
Editing: Anne-Marie Cotret, Monique Teisseire,Valerie Mayoux
Sound: Harald Maury,Antoine Bonfanti
Music: Serge Gainsbourg
Actors: Delphine Seyrig (Marie-Madeleine), John Abbey (Mr. Freedom), Donald Pleasence (Dr. Freedom), Jean-Claude Drouot (Dick Sensass), Serge Gainsbourg (M. Drugstore), Rufus (Freddie Fric), Yves Lefebvre
Production: Films Paris New York & Opera (Paris)
Producers: Guy Belfond, Christian Thivat, Michel Zemer
Art Direction: Jacques Dugied
Costumes: Janine Klein
Format: Digital Beta Color
Production Country: France
Production Year: 1967-68
Duration: 90

William Klein

Filmography

1964-65 Cassius the Great
1966 Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (fiction)
1970 Eldridge Cleaver Black Panther
1974 Muhammad Ali the Greatest
1978 Maydays
1980 The Little Richard Story
1981 The French
1985 Mode in France
1991 Babilee ’91
1993 In and Out of Fashion
1999 The Messiah