America, America (1963)

Director:

Elia Kazan

Writers:

Elia Kazan (book)
Elia Kazan (screenplay)

Release Date:

28 agosto 1964 (Finland)

Genre:

Drama

Frase comercial:

A trail to the light!

Plot:

The story of director Kazan's uncle, who grew up in a small village as a member of the Greek minority in Turkey in the end of the 19th century...

Plot Keywords:

Emigration | 1900s | Turkey | USA | Based On True Story

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 5 wins & 11 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

One of the best films of the 60's.

Cast

Stathis Giallelis	...	Stavros Topouzoglou
Frank Wolff	...	Vartan Damadian
Elena Karam	...	Vasso Topouzoglou
Lou Antonio	...	Abdul
John Marley	...	Garabet
Estelle Hemsley	...	Grandmother Topouzoglou
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Katharine Balfour	...	Sophia Kebabian
Harry Davis	...	Isaac Topouzoglou
Giorgos Foundas
Joanna Frank	...	Vartuhi
Robert H. Harris	...	Aratoon Kebabian
Salem Ludwig	...	Odysseus Topouzoglou
Paul Mann	...	Aleko Sinnikoglou
Linda Marsh	...	Thomna Sinnikoglou
Dimitris Nikolaidis
Gregory Rozakis	...	Hohannes Gardashian
Dimos Starenios

Dirigida por
Elia Kazan

Créditos del guión (in alphabetical order)
Elia Kazan		book
Elia Kazan		screenplay

Producida por
Elia Kazan	....	producer
Charles H. Maguire	....	associate producer

Música original por
Manos Hatzidakis

Fotografía por
Haskell Wexler

Montaje por
Dede Allen

Diseño de producción por
Gene Callahan

Dirección artística
Vassilis Photopoulos

Diseño de vestuario por
Anna Hill Johnstone

Departamento de sonido
Edward Beyer	....	sound editor
Jack Fitzstephens	....	sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Frank J. Calabria	....	additional photographer (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Burtt Harris	....	production assistant
Marie Kenney	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Athena Enterprises
• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributors

• Manga Films (2000) (Spain) (VHS)
• Warner Bros. Pictures

Other Companies

• Alfa Studios Athens  filming location

También conocida como:

The Anatolian Smile (UK)
América, América (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

174 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16 (bw)

Company:

Athena Enterprises

Trivialidades:

Of all the films he had directed, this one was Elia Kazan's favorite film, as it was very personal to him.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Amérique, notre histoire (2006) (TV)

One of the best films of the 60's.

This is a superb piece of filmmaking which has, unfortunately, been all but forgotten. The only weakness is in its star (Stathis Gialellis), but the film is so good that it doesn't matter (and, on second viewing, he's really not all that bad). I have seen this film many, many times on video and once I was privilaged to see it on on the "big Screen" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. I highly recommend it. The black and white cinematography by Haskell Wexler is top-notch. This film is a testament to the human spirit.