Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

99 mins | Documentary, History | July 14, 2019

An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have progressed so much in such a short time through war and the selfish interests of a few, belligerent politicians and captains of industry, damaging the welfare of the majority of mankind, impoverishing the weakest, greedily devouring the limited resources of the Earth.

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

99 mins | Documentary, History | July 14, 2019

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have progressed so much in such a short time through war and the selfish interests of a few, belligerent politicians and captains of industry, damaging the welfare of the majority of mankind, impoverishing the weakest, greedily devouring the limited resources of the Earth.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers ARTE, RTBF, CNRS Images, RTS, Les Films du Tambour de soie, Stenola Productions, Cinéphage Productions, Mucem
Original title L'Homme a mangé la Terre
Directors Jean-Robert Viallet
Writers Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, Christophe Bonneuil, Jean-Robert Viallet

Cast

Jacques Bonnaffé

as Self - Narrator (voice)

John D. Rockefeller

as Self (archive footage)

Woodrow Wilson

as Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

as Self (archive footage)

J. Robert Oppenheimer

as Self (archive footage)

Van Heflin

as Self (archive footage)

Lewis Strauss

as Self (archive footage)

Mária Telkes

as Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

as Self (archive footage)

Jane Wyman

as Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

as Self (archive footage)

Lino Ventura

as Self (archive footage)

Louis de Funès

as Self (archive footage)

Walter Cronkite

as Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

as Self (archive footage)

Margaret Thatcher

as Self (archive footage)