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Pharos of Chaos

Leuchtturm des Chaos

1983 · 1h 59m · Documentary · Germany · Rated PG-13 (US)

A superb, moving and thrilling interview with American actor Sterling Hayden (1916-86), held in Besançon, France, on board a dilapidated barge, when he was 65 years old. An unparalleled portrait, in his own words and without any qualms, of a legendary Hollywood star, icon of film noir and the western, who was also a marine, an OSS agent, an anti-communist informer, a writer and a wandering sailor: the hero of his own life.

Directed by
Manfred Blank, Wolf-Eckart Bühler
Written by
Hella Kothmann
Starring
Charles Brauer, Sterling Hayden, Burkhard Driest, Hannes Wader
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besançon, francecelebrity interviewcinema on cinemamovie business
RatingPG-13 (US)

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