The Wild One

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The Wild One

7 | 1h35m | en | Documentary

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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7 | 1h35m | en | Documentary

Synopsis

Cast

Willem Dafoe , Peter Bogdanovich , Blanche Baker

Director

Tessa Louise-Salomé

Producted By

Studio Babelsberg , Noodles Production

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Cast

Willem Dafoe

as Narrator (voice)

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Peter Bogdanovich

as Self

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Blanche Baker

as Self

[2023] Perception [2023] The Wild One [2021] Alice Fades Away [2019] How Holocaust came to Television [2018] Hidden Family Secrets [2017] Cries of the Unborn [2017] Splitting Image [2017] Coin Heist [2015] Chasing Yesterday