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The Society of the Spectacle(1974)
Status: Released
Date: 1974-05-01
67%
24 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.
Languages: German, French, English.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies:
Simar Films
Movie: The Society of the Spectacle
Top 10 Billed Cast
Леонид Брежнев
Self (archive footage)
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)
Guy Debord
Narrator (voice)
Jacques Duclos
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)
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