Henry Fonda for President

• Alexander Horwath
• 186 min
• Austria, Germany
• 2024
• Documentary

Magnificent and captivating documentary tells the American story through the star Henry Fonda and his invaluable contribution to the history of cinema.

The Austrian film historian Alexander Horwath makes his directorial debut with a comprehensive and well-fed documentary about one of Hollywood's biggest stars of all time; Henry Fonda. Through the lens of film history, with archival material from various film gems (Fonda as Tom Joad in John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940) which leaves no one untouched) the story of America, Hollywood and Henry Fonda, his career and family is told. In Henry Fonda For President, a complete, sympathetic and accurate personal portrait is painted of the private and professional Fonda who always stood on the side of the weak.

- Freddy Olsson

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