A War in Hollywood

A War in Hollywood

Release date : October 16, 2009
Runtime : 1h 32m
Countries of origin : Spain /
Original Language : Catalan / English / Spanish /
Director : Oriol Porta /
Production companies : TV3 / Área de Televisión / TVE /
October 16, 2009 1h 32m Spain Documentary Catalan More
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The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of that era, so many movies were made in Hollywood about it. The final defeat of the Spanish Republic left an open wound in the hearts of those who sympathized with its cause. The eventful life of screenwriter Alvah Bessie (1904-1985), one of the Hollywood Ten, serves to analyze this sadness, the tragedy of Spain and its consequences.
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Lluís Soler
Alvah Bessie (voice)
Moe Fishman
Self - Abraham Lincoln Brigade Member
Susan Sarandon
Self - Actress
Román Gubern
Self - Film Historian / Screenwriter
Dan Bessie
Self - Alvah Bessie's Son
Walter Bernstein
Self - Screenwriter
Arthur Laurents
Self - Screenwriter
Patrick McGilligan
Self - Writer
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Alvah Bessie
Self - Screenwriter (archive footage)
Dalton Trumbo
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Edward Dmytryk
Self - Director (archive footage)
Eric Johnston
Self - MPAA President (archive footage)
Ernest Hemingway
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Francisco Franco
Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
John Garfield
John 'Kit' McKittrick / Self (archive footage)

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  • title:A War in Hollywood
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 2009
  • Runtime:1h 32m
  • Genres: Documentary · History ·
  • Countries of origin: Spain ·
  • Original Language: Catalan · English · Spanish ·
  • Director: Oriol Porta /
  • Writers: Isabel Andrés · Llorenç Soler · Oriol Porta ·
  • Production companies: TV3 · Área de Televisión · TVE ·
  • Overview:The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of that era, so many movies were made in Hollywood about it. The final defeat of the Spanish Republic left an open wound in the hearts of those who sympathized with its cause. The eventful life of screenwriter Alvah Bessie (1904-1985), one of the Hollywood Ten, serves to analyze this sadness, the tragedy of Spain and its consequences.
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