A Sense of Loss

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Documentary

Overview

Shot over six weeks in December 1971, and January 1972, the film consisted of interviews with Protestants, Catholics, politicians, and some soldiers, combined with TV news clips of bombings and violence. The deaths of four individuals formed the central focus of the film, which Ophüls described as ‘an old, middle-aged, humanistic, social-democratic attempt to give people an idea that life after all is not that cheap’. The BBC refused to transmit the completed film on the grounds that it was ‘too pro-Irish’ (Sunday Times, 5 Nov. 1972). (via http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/media/docs/freespeech.htm)

Details

Status: Released
Release date: January 1, 1973
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English, French
Countries: Ireland, Switzerland, United States of America
Production: Maxpal
Cast: Bernadette Devlin,Bridget Andrews,Bridget Bond,Noel Browne
Director: Marcel Ophüls
Producer: Donald S. Rugoff,Max Palevsky,Marcel Ophüls
Cinematography: Simon Edelstein
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0069247