The film "American: An Odyssey to 1947" explores the pivotal era of the early 1930s and 40s, tracing the paths of influential figures like Orson Welles and Franklin Delano Roosevelt amidst the tumultuous backdrop of the Great Depression, World War II, and the atomic bomb's impact.
American: An Odyssey to 1947
Orson Welles' meteoric rise to fame echoes the leadership of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during a tumultuous era, marked by World War II's outbreak, as a young American's international journeys and a soldier's enlistment significantly alter their destinies.