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The Society of the Spectacle
The Society of the Spectacle

Movie·1974·1h 30m

The Society of the Spectacle

Country

France

Language

German

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// overview

The Story

Original title: La Société du spectacle

Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.

Themes

1970ssituationismindustrial society anarchysocial documentarymay 68political documentarysocial & cultural documentaryhistory of mankindsituationist

Production House

Simar Films

Audience Score

67%

25 votes

Skip11%
Timepass25%
Go for it38%
Perfection26%

Where to watch

Region: US

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// cast

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)

// crew

Crew

Guy Debord

Guy Debord

Director, Screenplay

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