HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT (2024) - TEASER CLIP #3

 Mischief Films, Medea Film Factory

A personal essay about the United States, viewed through the life and work of a movie actor. Henry Fonda and the roles he played merge into a dazzling and conflicted figure. A very private man who thought he had “no good answers to anything” becomes the unlikely motor of a parallel history. His voice, recorded during his last interview in 1981, and his onscreen avatars guide us through America’s past and present – on a road trip from the village of Fonda, NY, across the Midwest to the Pacific; from 1651 to the 1980s and the presidency of another movie actor. It takes many places and times and characters to imagine an invisible republic – the United States of Fonda.

Director: Alexander Horwath

Camera, Sound, Editing: Michael Palm

Artistic collaboration : Regina Schlagnitweit

Producers: Ralph Wieser, Irene Höfer, Andreas Schroth

Co-Production: Medea Film Factory (GER)

Funded by: Austrian Ministry of Arts and Culture, Stadt Wien, nordmedia - Film- und Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen/Bremen mbH. In co-operation with ZDF-ARTE.

Festival Booking: Austrian Films

Festivals:

74th Berlin International Film Festival - Berlinale Forum