La valle dell'Eden
Trama
California 1917: Cal, figlio disamato di Adam, si ribella al padre severo, rivaleggia col fratello Aron e scopre che la madre, creduta morta, dirige un bordello. Da una parte del romanzo East of Eden (1952) di John Steinbeck, adattato da Paul Osborne, è una parafrasi (o un'interpretazione?) in chiave psicanalitica della storia di Caino e Abele dove il primo non è malvagio, ma disperato e cerca di trovare nell'amore la salvezza. 1° film a colori di Kazan e il suo 1° in Cinemascope (genialmente usato) e da lui prodotto. È anche il 1° film di Dean protagonista e rimane tuttora soprattutto come il suo ritratto. Oscar a J. Van Fleet nella parte della madre.
Ecco il classico del paradiso perduto!
(1955) Dramma
Data rilascio : 10/04/1955
regia di Elia Kazan
Cast
James Dean - Cal Trask
Julie Harris - Abra Bacon
Raymond Massey - Adam Trask
Richard Davalos - Aron Trask
Jo Van Fleet - Kate Trask
Burl Ives - Sam the Sheriff
Albert Dekker - Will Hamilton
Lois Smith - Anne
Harold Gordon - Gustav Albrecht
Nick Dennis - Rantani
Abdullah Abbas - Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
John Alban - Townsman (uncredited)
Rose Allen - Townswoman at Carnival (uncredited)
Frank Baker - Townsman (uncredited)
Barbara Baxley - Nurse (uncredited)
John Beradino - Coalman at Lettuce Field (uncredited)
Joe Brooks - Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Nora Bush - Townswoman at Carnival (uncredited)
Timothy Carey - Joe (uncredited)
Jack Carr - Charlie (Townsman at Carnival) (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers - Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Lonny Chapman - Roy Turner (Automobile Mechanic) (uncredited)
Edward Clark - Draft Board Member (uncredited)
Harry Cording - Bouncer (uncredited)
Roger Creed - Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Bryn Davis - Townswoman at Carnival (uncredited)
Ray Dawe - Workman (uncredited)
Anna Dewey - Townswoman at Carnival (uncredited)
Lester Dorr - City Official at Parade (uncredited)
Joe Dougherty - Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Darren Dublin - Student (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum - Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Al Ferguson - Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Cliff Fields - Student (uncredited)
Lloyd Ford - Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Robert Foulk - Man at Boxcar (uncredited)
Curt Furberg - Townsman (uncredited)
Robert Gardett - Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Richard Garrick - Dr. Edwards (uncredited)
John George - Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Leonard George - Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Ruth Gillis - Woman (uncredited)
John Halloran - City Official at Parade (uncredited)
Sam Harris - Official at Parade (uncredited)
Jonathan Haze - Piscora's Son (uncredited)
Ramsay Hill - English Officer (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins - Shooting Gallery Concessionaire (uncredited)
Tex Holden - Townsman (uncredited)
Diane Howe - Student (uncredited)
Charles Anthony Hughes - City Official at Parade (uncredited)
Gail Kobe - Student (uncredited)
Effie Laird - Townswoman at Carnival (uncredited)
Billy Mahan - Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Mike Marienthal - Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Frank Mazzola - Student (uncredited)
Philo McCullough - Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Edward McNally - Soldier (uncredited)
Ken Miller - Student (uncredited)
Tex Mooney - Bartender (uncredited)
Ralph Moratz - Soldier on Train (uncredited)
Robert Morris - Student (uncredited)
Paul Nichols - Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Artie Ortego - Townsman (uncredited)
Gil Perkins - Lettuce Truck Worker (uncredited)
William Phillips - Coalman at Lettuce Fields / Man at Exercise Class (uncredited)
Rose Plumer - Rose (Townswoman at Carnival) (uncredited)
Patricia Prest - Student (uncredited)
Julian Rivero - Prisoner (uncredited)
Mickey Roth - Student (uncredited)
Henry Rowland - Helper at Boxcar (uncredited)
Loretta Rush - Card Dealer (uncredited)
Scott Seaton - Townsman (uncredited)
Sammy Shack - Townsman (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock - Milk Bottle Concessionaire at Carnival (uncredited)
Mario Siletti - Mr. Piscora (uncredited)
Hal Taggart - City Official at Parade (uncredited)
Bette Treadville - Madame (uncredited)
Sid Troy - Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent - Townsman in Parade / Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Max Wagner - Workman (uncredited)
Lillian West - Townswoman at Carnival (uncredited)
Chalky Williams - Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)