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The Society of the Spectacle (1974)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 30M

Director : Guy Debord
Writer : Guy Debord

Synopsis

Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.

Actors

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
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)
Georges Séguy
Georges Séguy
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
himself (archive footage)

Crews

Guy Debord
Guy Debord
Novel
Guy Debord
Guy Debord
Director
Guy Debord
Guy Debord
Screenplay

Posters and backgrounds

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