Life Begins Tomorrow

Life Begins Tomorrow (1950)


  • Genre: Documentary, Drama
  • Release Date: 1950-09-13
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 27min
  • Language: Français
  • Production Company: SFP
  • Production Country: France
  • Director: Nicole Védrès
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Summary

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.

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  • 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)
  • Jacques Prévert

    as Self (uncredited)
  • Jean Cau

    as Self - Sartre's secretary (uncredited)
  • Françoise Gilot

    as Self - Picasso's companion (uncredited)
  • André Gide

    as Self
  • Jean Rostand

    as Self
  • André Labarthe

    as Self
  • Daniel Lagache

    as Self
  • Irène Joliot-Curie

    as Self (archive footage)
  • Marcel Petiot

    as Self (archive footage)
Writing Nicole Védrès Writer
Directing Nicole Védrès Director
Sound Darius Milhaud Music
Production Edward Kingsley Producer
Production Arthur Mayer Producer
Production Armand Rubin Producer
Crew André Bac Cinematography
Crew Fred Langenfeld Cinematography
Crew Pierre Levent Cinematography
Crew Maurice Pecqueux Cinematography
Editing Marinette Cadix Editor
Production Paul Dufour Production Manager
Directing Jacques-Laurent Bost Assistant Director
Directing Oscar Zilber Assistant Director
Directing Jacques Nahum Assistant Director
Sound Raoul Gonnet Sound Mixer
Editing Daniel Lander Assistant Editor
Editing Geneviève Vaury Assistant Editor
Sound Manuel Rosenthal Orchestrator

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