América América

 

"It's my favorite of all the films I've made; the first film that was entirely mine", said Kazan when asked about America America, a film based on his own novel about the journey one of his uncles made from Anatolia to New York. The story of Greek man Stavros begins in the last decade of the 19th century, when he travels to Istanbul to, ironically, escape from Turkish persecution; like many oth [...]

Runtime

164 min