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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1945 · 128 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Elia Kazan
- Starring
- Charles Halton, Robert Strange, Erskine Sanford, Alec Craig, Ferike Boros, James Gleason
In early‑1900s Brooklyn, the impoverished Nolan family scrapes by on pennies while coping with Papa’s alcoholism. The film brings each character to life as they face Aunt Sissy’s scandalous marriages, the loss of the lone tree shading their tenement, and Francie’s yearning to attend a better school—if her father can pull himself together.
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