Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
Otto Preminger's life in film
123 min
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
- Release date
- October 28, 1991
- Country of origin
- Austria, United States
Cast
- Burgess Meredith as Narrator
- Saul Bass as Self
- Peter Bogdanovich as Self
- Michael Caine as Self
- Ossie Davis as Self
- José Ferrer as Self
- Jack Haley Jr. as Self
- Ken Howard as Self
- Leo Jaffe as Self
Crew
- Otto Preminger · Archive footage
- Valerie A. Robins · Director
- Thomas J. Wiener · Writer
- Valerie A. Robins · Producer
- Lucky Goldberg · Cinematographer