American Tragedy

"Nobody creates tragedies - they are created by life. Writers only portray them, ”said Theodore Dreiser. In 1925, he presented the exceptional in strength and scope of the story of love and betrayal, murder and repentance, illusions and their crash.
Clyde Grifits, "Average young American with a typically American view of life", longs for at all costs to establish herself in high society. For the sake of a novel with the rich heiress Sondra Finchali, he decides to put an end to relations with Roberta, a simple factory worker, one fatal blow ...
"American tragedy" - the harsh rebuke of the "American Dream, based on real events - became the pinnacle of the work of the Dreiser and formed the basis of the film" place in the sun "with Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor in the main roles awarded six prizes" Oscar"