Lost in the stars

Resource Information

The work Lost in the stars represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Lost in the stars

Statement of responsibility

directed by Daniel Mann ; screenplay by Alfred Hayes ; book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson ; music by Kurt Weill ; American Film Theatre ; produced by Ely Landau

Contributor

• Kino International Corporation
• Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959
• Davis, Clifton
• Feingold, Michael
• Hayes, Alfred, 1911-1985
• Kelly, Paula
• Landau, Ely
• Mann, Daniel, 1912-1991
• Moore, Melba
• North, Alex
• Paton, Alan
• Peters, Brock
• Rogers, Paul, 1917-2013
• St. Jacques, Raymond, 1930-1990
• Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950
• American Film Theatre

Subject

• Clergy -- South Africa -- Drama
• Families, Black -- South Africa -- Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Landau, Edie -- Interviews
• Landau, Ely
• Musical films
• Musical films
• Paton, Alan -- Film adaptations
• Prison films
• Racism -- South Africa -- Drama
• South Africa -- Drama
• Trials (Murder) -- South Africa -- Drama

Genre

• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Interviews
• Musical films
• Prison films
• Drama

Language

eng

Summary

Stephen Kumalo, a black South African minister, searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shanty towns of Johannesburg for his son, Absalom. But Kumalo's unwavering faith is put to the test when he finds Absalom in jail facing a capital murder charge. Courage, dignity, and sacrifice fall prey to the whirlwind of racist hypocrisy and hollow justice in Absalom's trial. Absalom's reunion and reconciliation with this father, his jailhouse marriage to his pregnant sweetheart, and his heroic determination to tell the truth set the stage for a tragic climax

Member of

• American Film Theatre, Collection 2

Cataloging source

FQG

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music supervised by Alex North ; executive producer, Edward Lewis ; produced for DVD by Brian Shirey

Dewey number

791.43

Language note

In English

LC call number

PN1995.9.M86

LC item number

L678 2003

PerformerNote

Brock Peters (Stephen Kumalo), Melba Moore (Irina), Raymond St. Jacques (John Kumalo), Clifton Davis (Absalom), Paul Rogers (James Jarvis), Paula Kelly (Rose), Alan Weeks (Matthew), Paulene Myers (Grace), John Williams (Judge), Ivor Barry (Carmichael), Harvey Jason (Arthur Jarvis), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Johannes), H.B. Barnum III (Alex), Myrna White (Linda), Bill Glover (Eland)

Runtime

97

Series statement

American Film Theatre series

Technique

live action