About the film
movie business spanish civil war mccarthy era franco regime (francoism) war propaganda 1940s 1950s 1960s 1930s old hollywood anti-fascist hollywood history spanish second republic propaganda cinema abraham lincoln brigade the hollywood ten
A War in Hollywood
Release Date: October 16, 2009
| Year | : | 2009 |
| Slogan | : | «A war behind the screen» |
| Genres | : | Documentary, History |
| Production Companies | : | TV3, Área de Televisión, TVE |
| Director | : | Oriol Porta |
| Producers | : | Oriol Porta, Elisa Plaza, Bonnie Rowan, Joan Cohen, Lisa Berger, Lisa Berger, Lisa Berger, Cristina Mora, Cristina Mora, Isabel Andrés, Roberta Helling, Robert Memos |
| Writers | : | Oriol Porta, Llorenç Soler, Isabel Andrés |
| RunTime | : | 92 mins. |
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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Main Actors
Lluís Soler
Character : Alvah Bessie (voice)
Moe Fishman
Character : Self - Abraham Lincoln Brigade Member
Susan Sarandon
Character : Self - Actress
Román Gubern
Character : Self - Film Historian / Screenwriter
Dan Bessie
Character : Self - Alvah Bessie's Son
Walter Bernstein
Character : Self - Screenwriter
Arthur Laurents
Character : Self - Screenwriter
Patrick McGilligan
Character : Self - Writer
Adolf Hitler
Character : Self (archive footage)
Alvah Bessie
Character : Self - Screenwriter (archive footage)
Dalton Trumbo
Character : Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Character : Self (archive footage)
Edward Dmytryk
Character : Self - Director (archive footage)
Eric Johnston
Character : Self - MPAA President (archive footage)
Ernest Hemingway
Character : Self - Writer (archive footage)
Francisco Franco
Character : Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Character : Self (archive footage)
John Garfield
Character : John 'Kit' McKittrick / Self (archive footage)
Joseph I. Breen
Character : Self - PCA Administrator (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Character : Self (archive footage)
Manuel Fraga
Character : Self (archive footage)
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