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The Society of the Spectacle
La Société du spectacle
1974 · 1h 30m
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What is it about? The Society of the Spectacle
Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.
Genre: documentary. Themes: 1970s, situationism, industrial society , anarchy, social documentary, may 68.
Cast and crew The Society of the Spectacle
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Creators
- Directed byGuy Debord
- ScreenplayGuy Debord
- Based on the novel byGuy Debord
Full cast and crew24 cast members, 3 crew
Cast:
- Leonid Brezhnev · Self (archive footage)
- Fidel Castro · Self (archive footage)
- Guy Debord · Narrator (voice)
- Jacques Duclos · Self (archive footage)
- Robert Fabre · Self (archive footage)
- Nino Ferrer · Self (archive footage)
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing · Self (archive footage)
- Johnny Hallyday · Self (archive footage)
- George Harrison · Self (archive footage)
- Henry Kissinger · Self (archive footage)
- Alexei Kosygin · Self (archive footage)
- Mao Zedong · Self (archive footage)
- Georges Marchais · Self (archive footage)
- Paul McCartney · Self (archive footage)
- Eddy Mitchell · Self (archive footage)
- François Mitterrand · Self (archive footage)
- Georges Pompidou · Self (archive footage)
- Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber · Self (archive footage)
- Joseph Stalin · Self (archive footage)
- Ringo Starr · Self (archive footage)
- Georges Séguy · Self (archive footage)
- Adolf Hitler · Self (archive footage)
- Richard Nixon · Self (archive footage)
- Vladimir Lenin · himself (archive footage)
Crew:
- Guy Debord · Director
- Guy Debord · Novel
- Guy Debord · Screenplay
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Details The Society of the Spectacle
- Premiere
- May 1, 1974, France
- First theatrical release
- May 1, 1974
- Release in the US
- March 1, 2009
- Country
- France
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- La Société du spectacle
- Studio
- Simar Films
Frequently asked questions
How long is The Society of the Spectacle?
1h 30m (90 minutes).
Who’s in The Society of the Spectacle?
Leonid Brezhnev, Fidel Castro, Guy Debord, Jacques Duclos, Robert Fabre, Nino Ferrer, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Johnny Hallyday, George Harrison, and Henry Kissinger. Directed by Guy Debord.
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