Capitalism in America: The Cult of Wealth (2023)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capitalism in America: The Cult of Wealth is a miniseries with three episodes which was shown on French and German television (arte) in 2023.

 

Here is some basic information about this miniseries:

 

** Director: Cédric Tourbe

** Writers: Cédric Tourbe and Romain Huret

** Narration: French

** Subtitles: English

** Run time = 58 + 60 + 59 minutes

** Total run time = 177 minutes

 

Here are the headlines of the three episodes:

 

Episode # 1

A Paradise for Millionaires

(1870-1920)

 

Episode # 2

Making the Rich Pay

(1921-1946)

 

Episode # 3

Who Wants to be a Billionaire?

(1981-2020)

 

Please notice:

There is a French version with French titles

There is a German version with German titles

I have used the English version with English titles

 

What do reviewers say about this series?

 

On IMDb it has a rating of 80 percent, which corresponds to a rating of four stars on Amazon.

 

The history of capitalism in the USA deserves to be told, and in this series, it is told very well, but there is a flaw: one episode is missing.

 

When you look at the chart above, you can see that there is a gap of more than three decades between episode # 2 and episode # 3.

 

The time 1946-1980 is not covered. One episode is missing. The missing episode should cover the time 1946-1980.

 

I am sad to discover that this interval is not covered by the director.

 

I like this series and I want to offer a good rating, but I cannot go all the way to the top, because there is a flaw. 

 

I have to remove one star because of this flaw. This series deserves a rating of four stars (80 percent).

 

REFERENCES

 

Cédric Tourbe is the director of several documentary films, including the following:

 

Stalin and the Katyn Massacre

(2020)

 

Le Pacte Hitler-Staline

(2019)

 

Lénine: une autre histoire de la révolution russe

(2017)

 

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Capitalism in America

The French title

The German title

(2023)

 

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Capitalism in America:

The Cult of Wealth

(2023)

Ronald Reagan

(1911-2004)

President of the USA 1981-1989

Ronald Reagan is a symbol of 

the right-wing revolution

in America which began when 

he won the presidential election in

November 1980

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