American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2022)
Overview
In the early 1930s, Orson Welles ascends to unprecedented stardom while President Franklin Delano Roosevelt navigates a nation in crisis. As WWII begins, an American boy visits abroad, and an American soldier enlists in the army.
Cast
Orson Welles
Self (archive footage)
Simon Callow
Self
Richard France
Self
John Houseman
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