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.
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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)
Roland Tual
Director
Denise Tual
Director
Werner Malbran
Director
Roland Tual
Producer
André Halley des Fontaines
Producer
André Dumaître
Director of Photography
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
Jean Wiener
Original Music Composer
Henri Sauguet
Original Music Composer
Gerhard Grindel
Editor
Madeleine Bagiau
Editor
Christian Dior
Costume Design
