Too Early / Too Late

Synopsis

Inspired by a letter by Friedrich Engels and a 1974 account of two militant Marxist writers who had been imprisoned by the Nasser regime, Straub-Huillet filmed this film in France and Egypt during 1980. They reflect on Egypt’s history of peasant struggle and liberation from Western colonization, and link it to class tensions in France shortly before the Revolution of 1789, quoting texts by Engels as well as the pioneering nonfiction film Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895).

Main Cast

Danièle Huillet

Narrator (segment A) (voice)

Age : 70 | Popularity : 7%

Bahgat Elnadi

Narrator (segment B) (voice) (as Bahgat el Nadi)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Gerard Samaan

Narrator (segment B) (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	William Lubtchansky Caroline Champetier Robert Alazraki Marguerite Perlado
Directing	Director	Jean-Marie Straub Danièle Huillet
	Assistant Director	Vincent Nordon Radovan Tadic Leo Mingrone Gaber Abdel-Ghani Mustafa Darwish Baghat Mostafa Isaline Panchaud Magda Wassef
Editing	Editor	Jean-Marie Straub Danièle Huillet
Production	Producer	Jean-Marie Straub Danièle Huillet
Writing	Writer	Jean-Marie Straub Danièle Huillet
Sound	Sound Recordist	Louis Hochet Manfred Blank
Department	Role	Name

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