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Stavros Topouzoglou (Stathis Giallelis) is a young Greek man living in an area under Turkish oppression, who wants nothing more than to go to America. Stavros travels to Constantinople, enduring...
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America America: Directed by Elia Kazan. With Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Harry Davis, Elena Karam. A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.
Feb 8, 2013 · Discover the best of the city, first. Shot by Haskell Wexler in a stark black-and-white deliberately designed to lend the film the feel of documentary, Kazan's epic was based on his own novel, and...
America America (British title The Anatolian Smile) is a 1963 American drama film directed, produced and written by Elia Kazan. It was inspired by the struggle of his uncle, Avraam Elia Kazantzoglou, to work his way to America, a land of dreams and opportunity.
'America America' is a very well made film, beautifully lit and framed and was really intrigued by its documentary-like style in how it was shot without being heavy-handed. The Oscar win for the art direction was richly deserved.
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Joan Didion Vogue. In his unswerving insistence upon America as Redeemer, Kazan has made a kind of miracle play. Full Review | Mar 16, 2020. Dwight...
Feb 1, 2008 · Shot in black and white, and running three hours, America, America, Elia Kazan’s autobiographical drama concerns the escape and immigration of a Greek youth, living at the turn-of the century-Turkey, to America, thus fulfilling his dream of beginning afresh in the land of opportunity.