The Century of the Self
2002, Series, 59 min, Documentary, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 77
A secret history of the 20th century.
The legacy of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud informs the lives of people throughout the world even to this day, though it's a phenomenon to which most are unaware. The film is an exhaustive examination of his theories on human desire, and how they're applied to platforms such as advertising, consumerism and politics.
Directed by Adam Curtis
Cast
- Adam Curtis as Self - Narrator
- Robert Reich as Self
- Ann Bernays as Self - Edward Bernays' daughter
- Alfred Pritz as Self - President World Council for Psychotherapy
- Erzie Karolyi as Self
- Pat Jackson as Self - Public Relations Adviser
- Peter Strauss as Self - Employee of Bernays
- Peter Solomon as Self - Investment Banker Lehman Brothers
- Stuart Ewen as Self - Historian of Public Relations
- Ernst Federn as Self - Viennese Psychoanalyst
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