The Wild One

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Willem Dafoe

Narrator (voice)

Age : 68 | Popularity : 100%

Jack Garfein

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Peter Bogdanovich

Self

Age : 84 | Popularity : 12%

Blanche Baker

Self

Age : 67 | Popularity : 11%

Irène Jacob

Self

Age : 57 | Popularity : 9%

Bobby Soto

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Patricia Bosworth

Self

Age : 86 | Popularity : 3%

Dick Guttman

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Tessa Louise-Salomé
Production	Producer	Tessa Louise-Salomé Chantal Perrin
	Executive Producer	Lynda Weinman
Writing	Writer	Tessa Louise-Salomé Sarah Contou-Terquem Elizabeth Schub-Kamir
Department	Role	Name

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