I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America

Synopsis

The story of Kurt Weill 's relationship with the American popular theatre. During his years in exile on Broadway, the composer of Mack the Knife and The Alabama Song, who personified decadent Berlin, found a new life in New York, creating such standards as September Song and Speak Low. Director Barrie Gavin describes the film as "the history of an artist ... struggling to write music which could have real meaning for the society he had just joined." Weill is remembered by the conductor Maurice Abravanel and the actor Burgess Meredith and there are extracts from several of his works.

Main Cast

Dennis Marks

Narrator

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Maurice Abravanel

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Burgess Meredith

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Lys Symonette

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Judy Kaye

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Kevin Angerson

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Franc D'Ambrosio

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Daniele Narducci

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Lyricist	Alan Jay Lerner Oscar Hammerstein II Langston Hughes Walt Whitman
	Writer	Kim H. Kowalke
Sound	Songs	Kurt Weill
	Music	Kurt Weill
	Conductor	James Holmes
Directing	Director	Barrie Gavin
Production	Producer	Swantje Ehrentreich
Crew	Choreographer	Terrance Ho
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