How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), a pioneer in the field of propaganda and public relations, knew the answer to such a key question. The amazing story of the master of manipulation and the creation of the engineering of consent; a frightening true story about advertising, lies and charlatans.
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- Released
- Production
- ARTE, INA
Keywords
- propaganda
- world war i
- advertising expert
- biography
- marketing
- war propaganda
- usa history
- 1920s
- 1940s
- 1950s
- neo-colonialism
- 1910s
- 1930s
- world's fair
- suffragist movement
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Top Cast
Sébastien Desjours as Self - Narrator (voice)
Anne Bernays as Self - E. Bernays' Daughter
Noam Chomsky as Self - Linguist
Stuart Ewen as Self - Historian
Chris Hedges as Self - Journalist
David Miller as Self - Sociologist
Shelley Spector as Self - Visual Artist
Larry Tye as Self - Writer
Top Crew
Jimmy Leipold · Director
Siegfried Canto · Composer
Denis Gaubert · Cinematographer
Pauline Pallier · Editor
Anne Gènevaux · Producer
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