The Century Is Fifty

The Century Is Fifty

86 mins | Documentary | March 16, 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.

The Century Is Fifty

86 mins | Documentary | March 16, 1950

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.
Producers Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC), S.E.P.I.C., Malbran
Original title Ce siècle a cinquante ans
Directors Werner Malbran, Denise Tual, Roland Tual
Writers

Cast

Pierre Fresnay

as Narrator (voice)

Sarah Bernhardt

as Self (archive footage)

Jean Cocteau

as Self

Marie Daëms

as Self

Dwight D. Eisenhower

as Self (archive footage)

Catherine Erard

as Self

Joseph Goebbels

as Self (archive footage)

Bernard Imbaud

as Self

Serge Lafaurie

as Self

Renaud Mary

as Self

Henri Matisse

as Self (archive footage)

Jesse Owens

as Self (archive footage)

Pablo Picasso

as Self (archive footage)

Geneviève Page

as Self

Jean-Paul Sartre

as Self (archive footage)

Auguste Renoir

as Self (archive footage)

Alain Quercy

as Self

Max Schmeling

as Self

Haile Selassie

as Self

George Bernard Shaw

as Self (archive footage)