Sébastien Desjours as Self - Narrator (voice)

Anne Bernays as Self - E. Bernays' Daughter

Noam Chomsky as Self - Linguist

Stuart Ewen as Self - Historian

Chris Hedges as Self - Journalist

David Miller as Self - Sociologist

Shelley Spector as Self - Visual Artist

Larry Tye as Self - Writer

Edward L. Bernays as Self - Publicist (archive footage)

Carlos Castillo Armas as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks as Self - Actor (archive footage)

John D. Rockefeller as Self - Businessman (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Lowell Thomas as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Woodrow Wilson as Self - Politician (archive footage)