Sympathy for the Devil

Name: Sympathy for the Devil
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1968-12-01
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 6.3

★ 6,3 /10 (68 Votes)

1968 EN 115 min

Overview

While The Rolling Stones rehearse "Sympathy for the Devil" in the studio, an alternating narrative reflects on 1968 society, politics and culture through five different vignettes.

Stream

Release date

01/12/1968

Votes

Popularity

2.0

Jean-Luc Godard on Black Power, Rape, Murder, Fascism, Acid, Pornography, Sex, Revolution, Brutality and all the other things that make life worth living.

Genres

Documentary Music

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

115 min

Budget

$500,000

Mick Jagger

Self

Keith Richards

Self

Brian Jones

Self

Charlie Watts

Self

Bill Wyman

Self

Anne Wiazemsky

Eve Democracy

Iain Quarrier

Fascist Porno Book Seller

No photo

Frankie Dymon

Black Power Militant

Sean Lynch

Commentary (voice)

Danny Daniels

Black Power Militant

Ilario Bisi-Pedro

No photo

Roy Stewart

Black Power Militant

No photo

Linbert Spencer

No photo

Tommy Ansah

Black Power Militant

Michael McKay

Rudi Patterson

Mark Matthew

Karl Lewis

Bernard Boston

Niké Arrighi

Françoise Pascal

Joanna David

No photo

Monica Walters

Glenna Forster-Jones

Interviewer in Wrecker's Yard

Elizabeth Long

Jeannette Wild

Harry Douglas

Colin Cunningham

Graham Peet

Matthew Knox

Barbara Coleridge

Marianne Faithfull

Self - Backing Singer (uncredited)

James Fox

Self (uncredited)

Nicky Hopkins

Self (Piano/Organ) (uncredited)

Clifton Jones

Black Power Militant (uncredited)

Anita Pallenberg

Self - Backing Singer (uncredited)

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Has a film ever combined one theme of such wide popular appeal with another that will interest only a small crowd and simply baffle that big popular audience? Jean-Luc Godard's <i>Sympathy for the Devil</i> would delight one set of viewers and infuriate another. How does one even give a star rating to this? In May 1968, Jean-Luc Godard was permitted to film the Rolling Stones over several days in a London studio as they gradually fleshed out their now classic song "Sympathy for the Devil", and so one might expect simply a documentary about a rock band's creative process. However, over the l…

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