Documentary ·History · Spain · 2009 · 1h 32m

A War in Hollywood

Hollywood contra Franco

Director

Cast

Lluís Soler as Alvah Bessie (voice) Moe Fishman as Self - Abraham Lincoln Brigade Member Susan Sarandon as Self - Actress Román Gubern as Self - Film Historian / Screenwriter Dan Bessie as Self - Alvah Bessie's Son Walter Bernstein as Self - Screenwriter

Crew

David García — Director of Photography David Gutiérrez Camps — Editor Carles Pedragosa — Original Music Composer Oriol Porta — Writer Llorenç Soler — Writer Isabel Andrés — Writer

Tagline

A war behind the screen

Synopsis

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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