The Century Is Fifty (1950)
Overview
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)
Renaud Mary
Self
Jesse Owens
Self (archive footage)
Pablo Picasso
Self (archive footage)
Geneviève Page
Self
Jean-Paul Sartre
Self (archive footage)
Auguste Renoir
Self (archive footage)
François Périer
Self
Max Schmeling
Self
Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
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