The Century Is Fifty (1950)
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.
Directors: Denise Tual, Werner Malbran, Roland Tual.
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Pierre Fresnay as Narrator (voice) |
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Sarah Bernhardt as Self (archive footage) |
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Jean Cocteau as Self |
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Marie Daëms as Self |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self (archive footage) |
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Catherine Erard as Self |
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Joseph Goebbels as Self (archive footage) |
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Bernard Imbaud as Self |
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Serge Lafaurie as Self |
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Renaud Mary as Self |
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Henri Matisse as Self (archive footage) |
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Jesse Owens as Self (archive footage) |
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Pablo Picasso as Self (archive footage) |
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Geneviève Page as Self |
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Jean-Paul Sartre as Self (archive footage) |
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Auguste Renoir as Self (archive footage) |
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Alain Quercy as Self |
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François Périer as Self |
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Max Schmeling as Self |
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Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia as Self |
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George Bernard Shaw as Self (archive footage) |
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Florence Verdier as Self |
| Directing | Denise Tual | Director |
| Directing | Werner Malbran | Director |
| Directing | Roland Tual | Director |
| Production | André Halley des Fontaines | Producer |
| Production | Roland Tual | Producer |
| Production | Werner Malbran | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Georges Auric | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Henri Sauguet | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | André Dumaître | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Madeleine Bagiau | Editor |
| Editing | Gerhard Grindel | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christian Dior | Costume Design |
| Sound | Jean Wiener | Original Music Composer |