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.

Cast

Narrator (voice)
Pierre Fresnay
Self (archive footage)
Sarah Bernhardt
Self (archive footage)
H Henri Matisse
Self (archive footage)
Jesse Owens
Self (archive footage)
Pablo Picasso
Self
Geneviève Page
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Paul Sartre
Self (archive footage)
A Auguste Renoir
Self
A Alain Quercy
Self
François Périer
Self
Max Schmeling
Self
Haile Selassie I
Self
Jean Cocteau
Self (archive footage)
George Bernard Shaw
Self
F Florence Verdier
Self
M Marie Daëms
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self
Catherine Erard
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels
Self
B Bernard Imbaud
Self
S Serge Lafaurie
Self
Renaud Mary

Crew

Director
D Denise Tual
Director
W Werner Malbran
Director
R Roland Tual
Producer
A André Halley des Fontaines
Producer
R Roland Tual
Associate Producer
W Werner Malbran
Original Music Composer
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
Henri Sauguet
Director of Photography
A André Dumaître
Editor
M Madeleine Bagiau
Editor
G Gerhard Grindel
Costume Design
Christian Dior
Original Music Composer
Jean Wiener