The Great Rehearsals: Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum

Original title: Les grandes répétitions: Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum

Directed by Gérard Patris

"Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum", the work by Olivier Messiaen, was a commission by the Minister of Cultural Affairs André Malraux and was to be performed on the 20 June 1965 at Chartres Cathedral, in the presence of President Charles de Gaulle. This documentary takes place during the rehearsal on the prior day.