The Century Is Fifty
As the title of this French documentary indicates, Ce Siecle a 50 Ans examines the 20th Century at its halfway point. Utilizing the archives of several European film reserves, director Denise Tua offers a fascinating mosaic of the people and events that shaped the years 1900 to 1950. Complementing the vintage film clips are three dramatized sketches, delineating the romantic customs of three different points in time. These sketches are inadequately performed, and can easily be ignored. Ce Siecle a 50 Ans both preserved and provided celluloid material for scores of future documentaries.
Cast
Pierre Fresnay
Narrator (voice)
Sarah Bernhardt
Self (archive footage)
Jean Cocteau
Self
Marie Daëms
Self
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Catherine Erard
Self
Joseph Goebbels
Self (archive footage)
Bernard Imbaud
Self
Serge Lafaurie
Self
Renaud Mary
Self
Henri Matisse
Self (archive footage)
Jesse Owens
Self (archive footage)
Pablo Picasso
Self (archive footage)
Geneviève Page
Self
Jean-Paul Sartre
Self (archive footage)
Auguste Renoir
Self (archive footage)
Alain Quercy
Self
François Périer
Self
Max Schmeling
Self
Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
Self
George Bernard Shaw
Self (archive footage)
Florence Verdier
Self
Director
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