Life Begins Tomorrow
movie
Released September 13, 1950
Genres:
Overview
Documentary filmmaker Védrès' first semi-fictional feature was released in France in 1949 as La Vie Commence Demain. The film made it to the U.S. in 1952 as Life Begins Tomorrow. Made in cooperation with UNESCO, the film speculates on the future of mankind after the advent of Atomic Energy. Many prominent French artists and intellects contribute to the narration: Jean-Pierre Aumont plays The Man of Today, Andre Labarthe is the Man of Tomorrow, and Jean-Paul Sartre, Daniel Agache, Jean Rostand, Le Corbusier, Pablo Picasso and Andre Gide are respectively seen as "The Existentialist," "The Psychiatrist,' "The Biologist," "The Architect," "The Artist" and "The Author". Film clips of hospitals, schoolrooms, scientific laboratories, and even nightclubs are woven into Védrès' fascinating tapestry.
Cast
Pablo Picasso
as
Self
Jean-Pierre Aumont
as
The Man of Today
Jean-Paul Sartre
as
Self
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris
as
Self
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
as
Self
Darius Milhaud
as
Self
Charlie Chaplin
as
Self (archive footage)
Albert Einstein
as
Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
as
Self (archive footage)
George Bernard Shaw
as
Self (archive footage)
Marie Curie
as
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
as
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Nicole Védrès
as
Writer
Nicole Védrès
as
Director
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Edward Kingsley
as
Producer
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Arthur Mayer
as
Producer
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Armand Rubin
as
Producer
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Marinette Cadix
as
Editor
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Paul Dufour
as
Production Manager
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Jacques-Laurent Bost
as
Assistant Director
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Oscar Zilber
as
Assistant Director
Jacques Nahum
as
Assistant Director
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Raoul Gonnet
as
Sound Mixer
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Daniel Lander
as
Assistant Editor