Cradle Will Rock

Cradle Will Rock

1999 · 2 hr 12 min · R

Drama

Directors

Tim Robbins

Actors

  • Hank Azaria
  • Rubén Blades
  • Joan Cusack

Credits: 1

Summary

A true story of politics and art in the 1930s U.S., focusing on a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.

More about this movie

In 1930s New York Orson Welles tries to stage a musical on a steel strike under the Federal Theater Program despite pressure from an establishment fearful of industrial unrest and red activity. Meanwhile Nelson Rockefeller gets the foyer of his company headquarters decorated and an Italian countess sells paintings for Mussolini.