Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019•1h 39m•7.7•Released
DocumentaryHistory
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.
Director
Jean-Robert Viallet
Writer
Christophe Bonneuil, Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, Jean-Robert Viallet
Languages
German, English, French
Studio
ARTE
Cast
Jacques Bonnaffé
Self - Narrator (voice)
John D. Rockefeller
Self (archive footage)
Woodrow Wilson
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage)
Van Heflin
Self (archive footage)
Lewis Strauss
Self (archive footage)
Mária Telkes
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Jane Wyman
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Lino Ventura
Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès
Self (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Production
Company
ARTE
Company
Cinéphage Productions
Company
Les Films du Tambour de soie
Company
Stenola Productions
Company
Mucem
Company
RTBF
Company
CNRS Images
Company
RTS
Producer
Alexandre Cornu
Producer
Victor Ede
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