An American Named Kazan

An American Named Kazan

2019•52m•6.0/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(3)

Elia Kazan represented the American dream. An immigrant who came without anything and who became the Prince of Hollywood and Broadway after World War II. Actor, theater director, filmmaker, writer, he is the founder of Actor’s Studio, a collaborator of Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, and a director who discovered Marlon Brando and James Dean.

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Production

Folamour Productions, ARTE

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan

Self (archive footage)

Patricia Bosworth

Self

Jay Cocks

Jay Cocks

Self

James Gray

James Gray

Self

Bertrand Tavernier

Bertrand Tavernier

Self

Michel Ciment

Michel Ciment

Self

Jeanine Basinger

Jeanine Basinger

Self

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