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The Society of the Spectacle

The Society of the Spectacle

1974•1h 30m•6.7/10
Documentary

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6.7/10(25)

Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.

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Production

Simar Films

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Brezhnev

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

Guy Debord

Guy Debord

Narrator (voice)

Jacques Duclos

Jacques Duclos

Self (archive footage)

Robert Fabre

Self (archive footage)

Nino Ferrer

Nino Ferrer

Self (archive footage)

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Self (archive footage)

Johnny Hallyday

Johnny Hallyday

Self (archive footage)

George Harrison

George Harrison

Self (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger

Self (archive footage)

Alexei Kosygin

Alexei Kosygin

Self (archive footage)

Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong

Self (archive footage)

Georges Marchais

Georges Marchais

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Self (archive footage)

Eddy Mitchell

Eddy Mitchell

Self (archive footage)

François Mitterrand

François Mitterrand

Self (archive footage)

Georges Pompidou

Georges Pompidou

Self (archive footage)

Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber

Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr

Self (archive footage)

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