America America

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drama film film

America America is a 1963 drama film written and directed by Elia Kazan, depicting a young Greek man's arduous journey from the Ottoman Empire to pursue a new life in the United States.

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America America (English) 1
America America (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
academyAwardNomination Best Director ⓘ
Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Best Picture ⓘ
academyAwardWin Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Elia Kazan ⓘ
basedOn America America self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: America America (novel)
castMember Elena Karam ⓘ
Frank Wolff ⓘ
Lou Antonio ⓘ
Paul Mann ⓘ
Stathis Giallelis ⓘ
cinematographyBy Haskell Wexler ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depictsEthnicGroup Armenians in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Greeks ⓘ
surface form: Greeks in the Ottoman Empire
director Elia Kazan ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
filmingLocation Greece ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
follows a young Greek man emigrating to the United States ⓘ
format black-and-white film ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
hasTitleInLanguage America America self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: America America (English)
mainCharacter Stavros Topouzoglou ⓘ
musicBy Manos Hadjidakis ⓘ
narratedBy Elia Kazan ⓘ
narrativeTheme ethnic persecution ⓘ
identity ⓘ
immigration ⓘ
pursuit of the American Dream ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays journey from the Ottoman Empire to the United States ⓘ
producer Elia Kazan ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. Entertainment ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
publicationDate 1963 ⓘ
releaseYear 1963 ⓘ
runtime 174 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Elia Kazan ⓘ
setIn Anatolia ⓘ
Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
setInPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
stars Stathis Giallelis ⓘ
writer Elia Kazan ⓘ

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America America → basedOn → America America self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: America America (novel)
Elia Kazan → directed → America America ⓘ
Elias Kazantzoglou → directed → America America ⓘ
subject surface form: Elia Kazan
America America → hasTitleInLanguage → America America self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: America America (English)
Elia Kazan → notableWork → America America ⓘ
Elias Kazantzoglou → notableWork → America America ⓘ
subject surface form: Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan → wrote → America America ⓘ
Elias Kazantzoglou → wrote → America America ⓘ
subject surface form: Elia Kazan