The Wild One

The Wild One (2023)

In the work of Jack Garfein - Holocaust survivor, theater and film director, key figure in the formation of the Actors Studio - past and and present freely intermingled to contribute to memorable stage productions and in two films, many which were ahead of their time in tackling such issues as homosexuality, race and violence. Powered by his vivid recollections and augmented with readings by Willem Dafoe, The Wild One traces Garfein’s life: his Czechoslovakian youth, his family’s fleeing the Nazis, surviving in Auschwitz and other camps, his 1946 arrival at 16 in New York and coming under the wing of Lee Strasberg, Hollywood, his marriage to actress Carroll Baker.

Date of release
2023-05-10
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Tessa Louise-Salomé

Casting

Interesting facts

The Wild One is a feature documentary on the Holocaust survivor and director Jack Garfein, directed by Tessa Louise-Salomé, and written by Louise-Salomé and Sarah Contou-Terquem.

Development

Tessa Louise-Salomé is a Paris-based director, writer, and producer. Her films as a director include the Sundance Jury Prize nominee Mr. Leos caraX. Louise-Salomé met Jack Garfein in 2015 while he was an Acting teacher at a French drama school in Paris. Interested in Garfein's life story she started working on the biopic in early 2016.

The Wild One's shooting started in 2019 and ended in late 2020. The filming crew traveled around Europe and North America to trace Jack Garfein's childhood places and life story. They have shot in 5 different locations. The editing of Simon Le Berre combines Boris Levy's cinematography with a wide range of archives clips.

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