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A detailed investigation into the political and economic interests that, since the beginning of the 20th century, have pulled the strings of the arms trade, hidden in the shadows, feeding the shameful corruption of politicians and government officials and promoting a state of permanent war throughout the world, while they cynically asked for a lasting and universal peace.
Keywords
saudi arabia
palestinian-israeli conflict
british politics
political corruption
usa politics
arms industry
global politics
state crimes
british government
arms trade
Casts
Andrew Feinstein
Self - Arms Industry Expert
David Leigh
Self - Journalist
Helen Garlick
Self - British Prosecutor
Riccardo Privitera
Self - Arms Dealer
Pierre Sprey
Self - Former Defense Analyst
Vijay Prashad
Self - Journalist
Jeremy Scahill
Self - Investigative Journalist
Marta Benavides
Self - Peace Activist
Chris Hedges
Self - Journalist
James Der Derian
Self - Political Scientist
Michael Hardt
Self - Political Philosopher
Franklin C. Spinney
Self - Former Military Analyst
Cynthia McKinney
Self - Politician
Robert Fisk
Self - Journalist
Clare Short
Self - Politician
David Lawley-Wakelin
Self - Filmmaker
Muntazer Al-Zaidi
Self - Journalist
Lawrence Wilkerson
Self - Former US Army Colonel
Trita Parsi
Self - Political Analyst
Wesley Clark
Self - Former US Military
Eduardo Galeano
Self - Stories Narrator (voice)
Jeremy Rifkin
Self - Writer (voice)
Harris Yulin
Smedley D. Butler (voice)
Barack Obama
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Henry Williamson
Self - WWI Veteran (archive footage)
George Ashurst
Self - WWI Veteran (voice) (archive footage)
Margaret Thatcher
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Bandar bin Sultan
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
Mark Thatcher
Self - Businessman (archive footage)
Richard Evans
Self - BAE Chairman (archive footage)
Milton Friedman
Self - Economist (archive footage)
Frances Fox Piven
Self - Political Scientist (archive footage)
Jack Brooks
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Robert McFarlane
Self - US NS Advisor (archive footage)
Dick Cheney
Self - Politician (archive footage)
George H. W. Bush
Self - Politician (archive footage)
George W. Bush
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Donald Rumsfeld
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Colin Powell
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Karl Rove
Self - Political Advisor (archive footage)
Saddam Hussein
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Tony Blair
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Nelson Mandela
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Thabo Mbeki
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Samuel Perlo-Freeman
Self - Defense Economist (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self - Politician (voice) (archive footage)
Henry Kissinger
Self - Politician (voice) (archive footage)
Dennis Kucinich
Self - Politician (archive footage)
John Bolton
Self - US Diplomat (archive footage)
Seymour Hersh
Self - Journalist (archive footage)
Medea Benjamin
Self - Activist (archive footage)
Hillary Clinton
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Benjamin Netanyahu
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Larry King
Self - Journalist (archive footage)
Osama bin Laden
Self - al-Qaeda Leader (archive fotage)
Shir Hever
Self - Economist (archive footage)
Mohammad Javad Zarif
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Adel Al-Jubeir
Self - Saudi Diplomat (archive footage)
Vladimir Putin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Xi Jinping
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Crews
Nicole Mackinlay Hahn
Director of Photography
Maarten Janssens
Additional Editing
Johan Grimonprez
Director
Pedro Collantes
Editor
Eduardo Galeano
Writer
Andrew Feinstein
Book
Joslyn Barnes
Producer
Johan Grimonprez
Writer
Karsten Fundal
Original Music Composer
Johan Grimonprez
Screenstory
Abigail Disney
Executive Producer
Andrew Feinstein
Writer
Per K. Kirkegaard
Editor
Anadil Hossain
Producer
Danny Glover
Executive Producer
Andrew Feinstein
Screenstory
Dieter Diependaele
Editor
Jodie Evans
Co-Executive Producer
Amichay Matyas
Commissioning Editor
Paul Peyskens
Commissioning Editor
Donald Rubin
Co-Executive Producer
Michael J. Zak
Co-Executive Producer
Tyler Hubby
Additional Editing
Osnat Eiden Freiman
Commissioning Editor
David Menschel
Co-Executive Producer
Sally Jo Fifer
Executive Producer
Guy Lavie
Commissioning Editor
Susan Rockefeller
Co-Executive Producer
Driss Benyaklef
Executive Producer
Burton Ritchie
Associate Producer
Wilbur Leguebe
Executive Producer
Signe Byrge Sørensen
Co-Producer
Judy Aley
Archival Footage Coordinator
Irène Challand
Commissioning Editor
Paul Holden
Researcher
Gaspard Lamunière
Commissioning Editor
Axel Arnö
Commissioning Editor
Maria Kristensen
Production Manager
Sarah d'Hanens
Assistant Director
Michael Aaglund
Additional Editing
Ian Olds
Additional Editing
Pulkit Datta
Production Manager
Emmy Oost
Co-Producer
Geraldine Schubert
Production Manager
Ashish Sehgal
Production Manager
Josie Chai
Production Coordinator
Charles Godin
Additional Editing
Mridu Chandra
Archival Footage Coordinator
Matthew Palevsky
Co-Executive Producer
Mette Hoffman Meyer
Commissioning Editor
Jakob Kirstein Høgel
Consulting Producer
Karel De Cock
Assistant Editor
Charles Godin
Assistant Editor
Nancie Stern
Music Supervisor
Brittany Kaplan
Assistant Editor
Martin Munck Schmidt
Assistant Editor
Allan Zaleski
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Harold Moss
Graphic Designer
Darrell R. Smith
Sound Post Supervisor
Eduardo Galeano
In Memory Of
Rebecca Kent
Archival Footage Research
Ásta Soffía Pétursdóttir
Assistant Editor
Mridu Chandra
Post Production Supervisor
Kareem Farooq
Assistant Editor
Allan Zaleski
Supervising Sound Editor
Sylvia Menno
Dialogue Editor
Josh Berger
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Roman Hankewycz
Colorist
Noam Chomsky
Thanks
Frederik Marbell
Assistant Editor
Lewanne Jones
Archival Footage Research
Sarah d'Hanens
Assistant Editor
Bill Chesley
Sound Designer
Backdrops & Posters
