A War in Hollywood
A war behind the screen
2009-10-16 | 92 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Lluís SolerAlvah Bessie (voice)
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Susan SarandonSelf - Actress
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Román GubernSelf - Film Historian / Screenwriter
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Walter BernsteinSelf - Screenwriter
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Arthur LaurentsSelf - Screenwriter
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Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
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Dalton TrumboSelf (archive footage)
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Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)
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Edward DmytrykSelf - Director (archive footage)
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Ernest HemingwaySelf - Writer (archive footage)
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Francisco FrancoSelf (archive footage)
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Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
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John GarfieldJohn 'Kit' McKittrick / Self (archive footage)
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Joseph I. BreenSelf - PCA Administrator (archive footage)
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Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)
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