Witness 11
2012 American film
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Witness 11 is a 2012 short drama film directed by Sean Mitchell and starring Oleg Liptsin, Paul Guadarrama and Matt Shelton.[1] It is based on the testimony of renowned German poet and playwright, Bertolt Brecht, during the height of the 1940s Red Scare.[2]
Directed bySean Mitchell
Written bySean Mitchell
Produced byHelen Jang Mitchell
Sean Mitchell
Sean Mitchell
StarringOleg Liptsin
Paul Guadarrama
Paul Guadarrama
| Witness 11 | |
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| Directed by | Sean Mitchell |
| Written by | Sean Mitchell |
| Produced by | Helen Jang Mitchell Sean Mitchell |
| Starring | Oleg Liptsin Paul Guadarrama |
| Cinematography | Chris Lawing |
| Edited by | Sean Mitchell |
| Music by | Larry Groupé |
Production company | Metaphora Studios |
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Running time | 21 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The film was shot in 2012 at the Berkeley City Club in Berkeley, California.[3]
Premise
Called before the House Un-American Activities Committee.[4] (HUAC) during their notorious Hollywood Ten[5] investigation, famed German playwright Bertolt Brecht must choose between betraying himself and his friends, and imprisonment. In the end, Brecht testified that he had never been a member of the Communist Party.[4]
Cast
- Oleg Liptsin as Bertolt Brecht
- Paul Guadarrama as Robert E. Stripling
- Matt Shelton as Dalton Trumbo
- Tatjana Dzambazova as Helene Brecht
- Dean Enciroli as J. Parnell Thomas
- Philip Estrin as Green
- John Scacco as Rep. Vail
- Steven Mann as Herbert Biberman
- Fritz Zimmerman as Baumgardt
- David Rosenthal as John Howard Lawson
- Bret Grantham as Bartley Crum
- Juliet Hilton as Barbara Brecht
