Elia Kazan, vom Outsider zum Oscarpreisträger (2019)

• 67%
• 2019
• Dokumentarfilm
• Elia Kazan
• Patricia Bosworth
• Jay Cocks

Elia Kazan, born in 1909 in Konstantinopel, the son of a Greek shopkeeper, came to the United States at the age of four and made a career as an autodidakt. He created cinematic masterpieces such as "A Streetcar named Desire" und "East of Eden", discovered film-talente, such as, Marlon Brando and James-Dean-and experimented in the actor ' s co-founded Actors Studio with leap acting methods. To date", Kazans "role" is controversial during the anti-communist witch hunt. The denunciation of Hollywood-kollegen, who had previously been members of the Communist Party, branded him until the end of his life. He died in 2003 at the age of 94 - as-a-verräter. In 1954, the überraschung success of the eight-time-Oscar-gewinner-film "On the Waterfront" helped him to material independence, but he should never recover from the consequences of his behavior in the years of the McCarthy era. The documentary shows Kazan-as-a-man-of leftist weltanschauung, patriots, rebels and fellow travelers who saw themselves ...