American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2022)

In the early 1930s, Orson Welles ascends to unprecedented stardom while President Franklin Delano Roosevelt navigates a nation in crisis. As WWII begins, an American boy visits abroad, and an American soldier enlists in the army.

Cast (4)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Orson Welles

Self (archive footage)

Simon Callow

Self

Richard France

Self

John Houseman

Self (archive footage)

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