The Wild One
6.9
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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Cast
10 people
Willem Dafoe
Narrator (voice)
Known for
Spider-Man
Aquaman
Jack Garfein
Self
Peter Bogdanovich
Self
Known for
The Sopranos
The Other Side of the Wind
Blanche Baker
Self
Known for
Sixteen Candles
Holocaust
Irène Jacob
Self
Known for
Three Colors: Red
The Double Life of Véronique
Bobby Soto
Self
Known for
Narcos: Mexico
The Tax Collector
Patricia Bosworth
Self
Known for
The Nun's Story
Dick Guttman
Self
Geoffrey Horne
Self
Known for
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Bonjour Tristesse
Foster Hirsch
Self
Tessa Louise-Salomé Director · Sarah Contou-Terquem Writer Elizabeth Schub Kamir Writer
United States release June 11, 2022 · Produced in France, Germany, United States · Production Studio Babelsberg, Barnstormer Productions
Production
Petite Maison Production
Production
Studio Babelsberg
Production
Barnstormer Productions
Production
Noodles Production
Production
France · Germany · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 11, 2022
Premiere · Tribeca Film Festival
France · May 10, 2023
Theatrical
France
September 3, 2022 · Premiere · Deauville Film Festival
December 6, 2023 · Physical · DVD
Ireland
November 14, 2022 · Premiere · Cork International Film Festival
Russia
September 5, 2023 · Premiere · Moscow Jewish Film Festival
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