A War in Hollywood
2009The 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.
Acted in
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)