1980–1981

Zu früh, Zu spät/Trop tôt, Trop tard/Troppo presto, Troppo tardi/Too Early, Too Late

105 minutes

Photography: William Lubtchansky, Robert Alazraki (16 mm, Eastmancolor)

Sound: Louis Hochet

Voices: First part, letter sent by Friedrich Engels to Karl Kautsky: Danièle Huillet; second part, excerpt from Luttes sociales en Egypte by Mahmud Hussein: Géard Samaan (German and Italian versions), Bhagat el Nadi (French and English versions)

Filmed on locations in France (including Tréogan, Motreff, Marbeuf, Harville, and outside Lyon and Rennes) in June 1980 and in Egypt in May 1981