Tales from Hollywood

Tales from Hollywood

113 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Oct. 18, 1992

A slightly ironical description of the colony of German artists in Los Angeles, who had to leave their country during the Nazi-regime. A young playwriter (von Horvath) joins them and finds out, that there are gaps between the artistical attitudes and the real live behavior of authors like Thomas or Heinrich Mann, Lion Feuchtwanger or Bertold Brecht.

Tales from Hollywood

113 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Oct. 18, 1992

Tales from Hollywood
A slightly ironical description of the colony of German artists in Los Angeles, who had to leave their country during the Nazi-regime. A young playwriter (von Horvath) joins them and finds out, that there are gaps between the artistical attitudes and the real live behavior of authors like Thomas or Heinrich Mann, Lion Feuchtwanger or Bertold Brecht.
Producers BBC, American Playhouse
Original title Tales from Hollywood
Directors Howard Davies
Writers Christopher Hampton

Cast

Jeremy Irons

as Odon Von Horvath

Alec Guinness

as Heinrich Mann

Charles Durning

as Charles F. Money

Elizabeth McGovern

as Helen Schwartz

Robin Bailey

as Thomas Mann

Sinéad Cusack

as Nelly Mann

Jack Shepherd

as Bertolt Brecht

Lynn Farleigh

as Helene Weigel

Jan Chappell

as Marta Feuchtwanger

Ian Thompson

as Lion Feuchtwanger

Barbara New

as Katja Mann

Alison Fiske

as Salka Viertel

Stephen Moore

as Art Nicely

Jane Lowe

as Toni Spuhler

Daphne Anderson

as Guest

Carsten Norgaard

as Young Man

George Raistrick

as Waiter