An American Named Kazan

Mar 10, 2019

0h 52m

★ 6.0

Overview

Elia Kazan represented the American dream. An immigrant who came without anything and who became the Prince of Hollywood and Broadway after World War II. Actor, theater director, filmmaker, writer, he is the founder of Actor’s Studio, a collaborator of Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, and a director who discovered Marlon Brando and James Dean.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Folamour Productions

ARTE

An American Named Kazan Trailers

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Cast

Self (archive footage)

Elia Kazan

Self

Patricia Bosworth

Self

Jay Cocks

Self

James Gray

Self

Bertrand Tavernier

Self

Michel Ciment

Self

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