Curtiz (2019)

09/12/2019 (HU) • 1h 39m

Drama, History

No country should change a man's character.

Overview

Hollywood, 1942. The US government pressures Hungarian-born film director Michael Curtiz, who is about to finish shooting Casablanca, to accentuate the film's propaganda message in order to sway public opinion in favor of the country's intervention in the European war.

Top Billed Cast

Ferenc Lengyel

Michael Curtiz

Declan Hannigan

Mr. Johnson

József Gyabronka

S. Z. Sakall

Nikolett Barabas

Bess Meredith

Yan Feldman

Julius Epstein

Rafael Feldman

Philip Epstein

Christopher Krieg

Conrad Veidt


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

propaganda

cinema on cinema

movie business

world war ii

based on true story

film in film

co-workers relationship

filmmaking

war propaganda

movie mogul

portrait of an artist

film director

father daughter relationship

portrait of a filmmaker

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