Henry Fonda for President

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.

Country:

Austria,

Germany

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

184 minutes

Year:

2025

Director:

Alexander Horwath

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Company:

Medea Film Factory,

Mischief Films,

ZDF,

ARTE

Cast:

Self (archive footage)

Crew:

Director

Producer

Producer

Sound Mixer

Editor