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Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

★ 7.7(24)20191h 39m

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Director: Jean-Robert Viallet
Release date: 2019-07-14
Runtime: 1h 39m
Language: German
Status: Released
Country: Belgium
Studio: ARTE

About Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress is a 2019 movie in the Documentary and History genres, directed by Jean-Robert Viallet, starring Jacques Bonnaffé, John D. Rockefeller and Woodrow Wilson. It has a runtime of 1 hour 39 minutes. It holds an average rating of 7.7/10 from 24 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress in Ireland — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

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.

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)

Themes & keywords

destruction of a civilizationbased on novel or bookindustrial unrestworld war iself-destructioncold warworld war iigreeddamageglobal warmingindustrial revolutionindustrial society post world war imankind annihilateddestruction of planet