Tales from Hollywood

Overview

A slightly ironical description of the colony of German artists in Los Angeles, who had to leave their country during the Nazi-regime. A young playwriter (von Horvath) joins them and finds out, that there are gaps between the artistical attitudes and the real live behavior of authors like Thomas or Heinrich Mann, Lion Feuchtwanger or Bertold Brecht.

Directed by Howard Davies

Top cast

Jeremy Irons

Odon Von Horvath

Alec Guinness

Heinrich Mann

Charles Durning

Charles F. Money

Elizabeth McGovern

Helen Schwartz

Robin Bailey

Thomas Mann

Sinéad Cusack

Nelly Mann

Jack Shepherd

Bertolt Brecht

Lynn Farleigh

Helene Weigel

Michael McShane

Hal

Jan Chappell

Marta Feuchtwanger

I

Ian Thompson

Lion Feuchtwanger

Barbara New

Katja Mann

A

Alison Fiske

Salka Viertel

Stephen Moore

Art Nicely

Jane Lowe

Toni Spuhler

Daphne Anderson

Guest

Carsten Nørgaard

Young Man

G

George Raistrick

Waiter

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