A War in Hollywood

Directed by Oriol Porta
2009    1h 32m
8.4
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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Cast of A War in Hollywood
  • Lluís SolerAlvah Bessie (voice)
  • Moe FishmanSelf - Abraham Lincoln Brigade Member
  • Susan SarandonSelf - Actress
  • Román GubernSelf - Film Historian / Screenwriter
  • Dan BessieSelf - Alvah Bessie's Son
  • Walter BernsteinSelf - Screenwriter
  • Arthur LaurentsSelf - Screenwriter
  • Patrick McGilliganSelf - Writer
  • Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
  • Alvah BessieSelf - Screenwriter (archive footage)
  • Dalton TrumboSelf (archive footage)
  • Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)
  • Edward DmytrykSelf - Director (archive footage)
  • Eric JohnstonSelf - MPAA President (archive footage)
  • Ernest HemingwaySelf - Writer (archive footage)
  • Francisco FrancoSelf (archive footage)
  • Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
  • John GarfieldJohn 'Kit' McKittrick / Self (archive footage)
  • Joseph I. BreenSelf - PCA Administrator (archive footage)
  • Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)
  • Manuel FragaSelf (archive footage)

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