Henry Fonda for President

New Directors Competition

Henry Fonda for President

Henry Fonda for President

Austria, Germany 2024 Documentary cor | p&b 185 min.

A personal essay about the United States, viewed through the life and work of a movie actor. Henry Fonda (1905-1982) 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, in the New York state, 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.

Presented at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Austria Germany documentary international film festivals cinema politics

direction

Alexander Horwath

screenplay

Alexander Horwath

cinematography

Michael Palm

editing

Michael Palm

sound design

Michael Palm

research

Regina Schlagnitweit

production

Ralph Wieser, Irene Höfer, Andreas Schroth

produced by

Mischief Films, Medea Film Factory

world sales

Austrian Films

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

14