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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Willem Dafoe, Jack Garfein, Peter Bogdanovich, Blanche Baker, Irène Jacob, Bobby Soto
Crew: Tessa Louise-Salomé (Producer), Chantal Perrin (Producer), Tessa Louise-Salomé (Writer), Sarah Contou-Terquem (Writer), Elizabeth Schub-Kamir (Writer), Lynda Weinman (Executive Producer)
Country: France, Germany, United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Petite Maison Production, Studio Babelsberg, Barnstormer Productions, Noodles Production
Runtime: 95 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 10, 2023
IMDb: 5.2
