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A War in Hollywood (2009)
Directed by Oriol Porta
“A war behind the screen”
Documentary, History · 1h 32m
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.
Cast
Lluís Soler
Alvah Bessie (voice)
M
Moe Fishman
Self - Abraham Lincoln Brigade Member
Susan Sarandon
Self - Actress
Román Gubern
Self - Film Historian / Screenwriter
D
Dan Bessie
Self - Alvah Bessie's Son
Walter Bernstein
Self - Screenwriter
Arthur Laurents
Self - Screenwriter
P
Patrick McGilligan
Self - Writer
Crew
- Director
- Oriol Porta
- Writer
- Oriol Porta, Isabel Andrés, Llorenç Soler
- Director of Photography
- David García
- Original Music Composer
- Carles Pedragosa
- Editor
- David Gutiérrez Camps
- Producer
- Lisa Berger, Cristina Mora
Details
- Original title
- Hollywood contra Franco
- Release date
- 2009-10-16
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Catalan, English, Spanish
- Countries
- Spain
- Production
- TV3, Área de Televisión, TVE