---
title: 'Life Belongs to Us (1936)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jacques Becker'
released: '1936-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 64
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/life-belongs-to-us-1936'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028464/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Life Belongs to Us (1936)

1936 · 64 min · Documentary · France

Original title: La vie est à nous

## Synopsis

Life Belongs to Us is a 1936 documentary propaganda film commissioned and produced by the Communist Party of France with the participation, among others, of Jean Renoir. Parts of the film were taken from newsreels, and are mixed with new sketches about working people, peasants, and intellectuals.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jacques Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-becker), [Jean Renoir](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-renoir), [Henri Cartier-Bresson](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-cartier-bresson), [Jean-Paul Le Chanois](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-paul-le-chanois), [André Zwobada](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-zwobada), [Jacques Brunius](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-brunius)
- **Screenplay:** [Jacques Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-becker), [Jacques Brunius](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-brunius), [Jean Renoir](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-renoir)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hanns Eisler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanns-eisler)
- **Director of Photography:** [Claude Renoir](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-renoir), [Jean Bourgoin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-bourgoin)

## Cast

- [Léon Larive](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-larive)
- [Julien Bertheau](https://cinepixo.com/people/julien-bertheau)
- [François Viguier](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-viguier)
- [Charles Blavette](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-blavette)
- [Sylvain Itkine](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvain-itkine)
- [Guy Favières](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-favieres)
- [Pierre Unik](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-unik)
- [Madeleine Sologne](https://cinepixo.com/people/madeleine-sologne)
- [Gabrielle Fontan](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabrielle-fontan)
- [Edy Debray](https://cinepixo.com/people/edy-debray)
- [Marcel Duhamel](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-duhamel)
- [Max Dalban](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-dalban)
- [Maurice Marceau](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-marceau)
- [Charles Charras](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-charras)
- [Jacques Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-becker)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/life-belongs-to-us-1936
Film facts: Wikidata (Q3214249); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.