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The Century of the Self (2002)
A secret history of the 20th century.
1 season4 episodes59 min per episode
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.
- First aired
- March 17, 2002
- Last episode
- April 7, 2002
- Network
- BBC Two
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Cast
- Adam Curtis as Narrator
- Adam Curtis as Self - Narrator
- Robert Reich as Self
- Ann Bernays 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