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Elia Kazan

Birthday: September 07, 1909
Deathday: September 28, 2003
Category: American Director
Type: Director
National: American

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I was the hero of the young insurgent working class...

I was the true future. I understood Communism better than...

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The Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to...

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