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UNITED STATES · 1944

American Romance

King Vidor
immigrant experience industrial ambition family sacrifice American dream rags to riches
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Synopsis

A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family.

Year1944
CountryUnited States
DirectorKing Vidor
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