The Society of the Spectacle

May 1, 1974

1h 30m

★ 6.7

Overview

Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Simar Films

The Society of the Spectacle Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Self (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Narrator (voice)

Guy Debord

Self (archive footage)

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)

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The 12th Tokyo May Day

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Cast

Self (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Narrator (voice)

Guy Debord

Self (archive footage)

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)

The Society of the Spectacle

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

The Society of the Spectacle Trailers

Cast

Leonid Brezhnev

Fidel Castro

Guy Debord

Jacques Duclos

Robert Fabre

Nino Ferrer

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Johnny Hallyday

George Harrison

Henry Kissinger

Alexei Kosygin

Mao Zedong

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