🎬 Documentary

The Wild One

⭐ 6.0/10 2023 1h 35m Dir. Tessa Louise-Salomé

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In the work of Jack Garfein - Holocaust survivor, theater and film director, key figure in the formation of the Actors Studio - past and and present freely intermingled to contribute to memorable stage productions and in two films, many which were ahead of their time in tackling such issues as homosexuality, race and violence. Powered by his vivid recollections and augmented with readings by Willem Dafoe, The Wild One traces Garfein’s life: his Czechoslovakian youth, his family’s fleeing the Nazis, surviving in Auschwitz and other camps, his 1946 arrival at 16 in New York and coming under the wing of Lee Strasberg, Hollywood, his marriage to actress Carroll Baker.

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Year
2023
Runtime
1h 35m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.0/10
Votes
6
Genre
Documentary
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Documentary 🎬 Tessa Louise-Salomé 👤 Willem Dafoe 👤 Jack Garfein 👤 Peter Bogdanovich
method acting film director jack garfein deported to auschwitz

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The Wild One has a runtime of 1h 35m (1 hour and 35 minutes).
The Wild One was directed by Tessa Louise-Salomé and released in 2023.
The Wild One is a Documentary film (2023).
The cast of The Wild One includes Willem Dafoe, Jack Garfein, Peter Bogdanovich, Blanche Baker, Irène Jacob.
The Wild One has a TMDB rating of 6.0/10 based on 6 votes.

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