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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1974-05-01
Languagefr
Runtime1h 30m
Production

Simar Films

6.7(25)
•1974•1h 30m

The Society of the Spectacle

Documentary

Overview

Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.

Director
Guy Debord
Writing & Screenplay
Guy Debord

Principal Cast

24 credited
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid BrezhnevSelf (archive footage)
Fidel Castro
Fidel CastroSelf (archive footage)
Guy Debord
Guy DebordNarrator (voice)
Jacques Duclos
Jacques DuclosSelf (archive footage)
RF
Robert FabreSelf (archive footage)
Nino Ferrer
Nino FerrerSelf (archive footage)
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Valéry Giscard d'EstaingSelf (archive footage)
Johnny Hallyday
Johnny HallydaySelf (archive footage)
George Harrison
George HarrisonSelf (archive footage)
Henry Kissinger
Henry KissingerSelf (archive footage)

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