A War in Hollywood

A War in Hollywood

92 mins | Documentary, History | Oct. 16, 2009

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.

A War in Hollywood

92 mins | Documentary, History | Oct. 16, 2009

A War in Hollywood
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.
Producers TVE, TV3, Área de Televisión
Original title Hollywood contra Franco
Directors Isabel Andrés, Oriol Porta
Writers Isabel Andrés, Llorenç Soler, Oriol Porta

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

Arthur Laurents

as Self - Screenwriter

Patrick McGilligan

as Self - Writer

Adolf Hitler

as Self (archive footage)

Alvah Bessie

as Self - Screenwriter (archive footage)

Dalton Trumbo

as Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

as Self (archive footage)

Edward Dmytryk

as Self - Director (archive footage)

Eric Johnston

as Self - MPAA President (archive footage)

Ernest Hemingway

as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Francisco Franco

as Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

as Self (archive footage)

John Garfield

as John 'Kit' McKittrick / Self (archive footage)

Joseph I. Breen

as Self - PCA Administrator (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

as Self (archive footage)

Manuel Fraga

as Self (archive footage)