Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942) - Production & Contact Info

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77 cast members

Name	Known for
Peter Coyote Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Bitter Moon (1992)
Daniel Mendelsohn Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
Guy Stern Self - St. Louis, Missouri (as Günther Stern) Self - St. Louis, Missouri (as Günther Stern) See fewer	The Ritchie Boys (2004)
Peter Hayes Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	About Face: The Story of the Jewish Refugee Soldiers of World War II (2020)
Deborah Lipstadt Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Denial (II) (2016)
Mae Ngai Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Race: The Power of an Illusion (2003)
Daniel Greene Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Susan Hilsenrath Self - Bad Kreuznach, Germany Self - Bad Kreuznach, Germany See fewer	The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Joseph Hilsenrath Self - Bad Kreuznach, Germany Self - Bad Kreuznach, Germany See fewer	The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Nell Irvin Painter Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (2014)
Marlene Jaeger Mendelsohn Self - Shmiel's Niece Self - Shmiel's Niece See fewer	The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Sol Messinger Self - Berlin, Germany Self - Berlin, Germany See fewer	The Voyage of the St. Louis (1995)
Eva Geiringer Self - Vienna, Austria Self - Vienna, Austria See fewer	Eva's Promise (2022)
Rebecca Erbelding Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Never Again: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - A Tour with Wolf Blitzer (2022)
Timothy Snyder Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski (2018)
Adam Arkin Actor (voice) Actor (voice) See fewer	Get Shorty (2017)
Paul Corning Actor (voice) Actor (voice) See fewer	Bachelorette (2012)
Leon Dische Becker Actor (voice) (as Léon Dische Becker) Actor (voice) (as Léon Dische Becker) See fewer	The Honey Trap (2024)
Paul Giamatti Actor (voice) Actor (voice) See fewer	Sideways (2004)
Olivia Gilliatt Actress (voice) Actress (voice) See fewer	A Vigilante (2018)
Elliott Gould Actor Actor See fewer	MAS*H (1970)
Murphy Guyer Actor (voice) Actor (voice) See fewer	Arthur (I) (2011)
Carolyn McCormick Actress (voice) Actress (voice) See fewer	Law & Order (1990)
Joe Morton Actor (voice) Actor (voice) See fewer	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Matthew Rhys Actor (voice) Actor (voice) See fewer	A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
Bradley Whitford Senator William Borah (voice) Senator William Borah (voice) See fewer	Get Out (I) (2017)
Hiram Bingham IV Self - American Vice Consul in Marseilles, France (archive footage) Self - American Vice Consul in Marseilles, France (archive footage) See fewer
Avery Brundage Self - Member of America First Committee (archive footage) Self - Member of America First Committee (archive footage) See fewer	Prazdnik nashey molodosti (1955)
Winston Churchill Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Father Coughlin Self - Priest & Radio Personality (archive footage) Self - Priest & Radio Personality (archive footage) See fewer
Hope Davis Actress (voice) Actress (voice) See fewer	American Splendor (2003)
Thomas E. Dewey Self - New York County District Attorney (archive footage) Self - New York County District Attorney (archive footage) See fewer	Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1944)
Adolf Eichmann Self - S.S. Final Solution Administrator (archive footage) Self - S.S. Final Solution Administrator (archive footage) See fewer	Eine Epoche vor Gericht (1961)
Henry Ford Self - Member of America First Committee (archive footage) Self - Member of America First Committee (archive footage) See fewer	Upcoming Ford Project (2021)
Anne Frank Self - Jewish Victim of the Holocaust (archive footage) (as Annelies Frank) Self - Jewish Victim of the Holocaust (archive footage) (as Annelies Frank) See fewer	Anne Frank Video Diary (2020)
Edith Frank Self - Mother of Anne and Margot Frank (archive footage) Self - Mother of Anne and Margot Frank (archive footage) See fewer	Witness History: Archive 2012 (2012)
Margot Frank Self - Sister of Anne Frank (archive footage) Self - Sister of Anne Frank (archive footage) See fewer	Witness History: Archive 2012 (2012)
Otto Frank Self - Father of Anne and Margot Frank (archive footage) Self - Father of Anne and Margot Frank (archive footage) See fewer	Les dossiers de l'écran (1967)
Varian Fry Self - Writer & Member of Emergency Rescue Committee (archive footage) Self - Writer & Member of Emergency Rescue Committee (archive footage) See fewer
Lillian Gish Self - Member of America First Committee (archive footage) Self - Member of America First Committee (archive footage) See fewer	The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Mariusz Glabinski Actor (voice) Actor (voice) See fewer	Rebel Ridge (2024)
Hermann Göring Self - Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe (archive footage) Self - Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe (archive footage) See fewer	Wunder des Fliegens: Der Film eines deutschen Fliegers (1935)
Werner Herzog Hermann Göring (voice) Hermann Göring (voice) See fewer	Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Reinhard Heydrich Self - S.S. Second in Command (archive footage) Self - S.S. Second in Command (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Heinrich Himmler Self - Reichsführer-SS (archive footage) Self - Reichsführer-SS (archive footage) See fewer	Nuremberg (1948)
Adolf Hitler Self - Fuehrer and Chancellor of Germany (archive footage) Self - Fuehrer and Chancellor of Germany (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
J. Edgar Hoover Self - Head of the FBI (archive footage) Self - Head of the FBI (archive footage) See fewer	The Next of Kin (1942)
Cordell Hull Self - U.S. Secretary of State (archive footage) Self - U.S. Secretary of State (archive footage) See fewer	World Leaders on Peace and Democracy (1939)
Abraham Jaeger Self - Daniel Mendelsohn's Grandfather (archive footage) Self - Daniel Mendelsohn's Grandfather (archive footage) See fewer
Ruchele Jaeger Self - Shmiel Jaeger's Third Daughter (archive footage) Self - Shmiel Jaeger's Third Daughter (archive footage) See fewer
Shmiel Jaeger Self - Daniel Mendelsohn's Great Uncle (archive footage) Self - Daniel Mendelsohn's Great Uncle (archive footage) See fewer
Fritz Kuhn Self - German-American Bund Leader (archive footage) Self - German-American Bund Leader (archive footage) See fewer	Volks-Deutsche/Jungen in USA (1937)
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze Self - Speaker at German-American Bund Rally (voice) (archive footage) Self - Speaker at German-American Bund Rally (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Volks-Deutsche/Jungen in USA (1937)
Anne Morrow Lindbergh Self - Wife of Charles Lindberg (archive footage) Self - Wife of Charles Lindberg (archive footage) See fewer	40,000 Miles with Lindbergh (1928)
Charles A. Lindbergh Self - Chief Spokesman, America First Committee (archive footage) Self - Chief Spokesman, America First Committee (archive footage) See fewer	The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Breckenridge Long Self - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State (archive footage) Self - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State (archive footage) See fewer	Animated Weekly, No. 86 (1917)
Alice Roosevelt Longworth Self - Member of America First Committee (archive footage) Self - Member of America First Committee (archive footage) See fewer	Launch of the Kaiser's Yacht 'Meteor' (1902)
Josh Lucas Actor (voice) Actor (voice) See fewer	Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Vyacheslav Molotov Self - Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (archive footage) Self - Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (archive footage) See fewer	Krymskaya konferentsiya (1945)
Edward R. Murrow Self - Radio Journalist (voice) (archive footage) Self - Radio Journalist (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Liam Neeson Polish Holocaust victim (voice) Polish Holocaust victim (voice) See fewer	Kinsey (2004)
Robert Reynolds Self - U.S. Senator from North Carolina (archive footage) Self - U.S. Senator from North Carolina (archive footage) See fewer
Eddie Rickenbacker Self - Member of America First Committee (archive footage) Self - Member of America First Committee (archive footage) See fewer	Ace Drummond (1936)
Eleanor Roosevelt Self - First Lady of the United States (archive footage) Self - First Lady of the United States (archive footage) See fewer	Women in Defense (1941)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self - 32nd President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 32nd President of the United States (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Gustave Schröder Self - Captain of the 'St. Lous' (archive footage) Self - Captain of the 'St. Lous' (archive footage) See fewer
Ida Mae Schwartzberg Self - Günther Stern's Girlfriend (archive footage) Self - Günther Stern's Girlfriend (archive footage) See fewer
Fulton J. Sheen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Eternal Gift (1941)
Alfred E. Smith Self - Former Governor of New York (archive footage) (as Al Smith) Self - Former Governor of New York (archive footage) (as Al Smith) See fewer	The Volcano (1919)
Joseph Stalin Self - Leader of the Soviet Union (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) Self - Leader of the Soviet Union (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) See fewer	One Inch from Victory (1944)
Julius Stern Self - Father of Günther Stern (archive footage) Self - Father of Günther Stern (archive footage) See fewer
Nathan Straus Jr. Self - Head of U.S. Federal Housing Authority (archive footage) (as Charley Straus) Self - Head of U.S. Federal Housing Authority (archive footage) (as Charley Straus) See fewer
Meryl Streep Eleanor Roosevelt (voice) Eleanor Roosevelt (voice) See fewer	Out of Africa (1985)
Joachim von Ribbentrop Self - Reichsminister of Foreign Affairs (archive footage) Self - Reichsminister of Foreign Affairs (archive footage) See fewer	Nuremberg (1948)
Wendell Willkie Self - Republican Presidential Nominee 1940 (archive footage) Self - Republican Presidential Nominee 1940 (archive footage) See fewer	World Heavyweight Championship: Joe Louis vs. Buddy Baer (1942)
Stephen Wise Self - Rabbi (archive footage) Self - Rabbi (archive footage) See fewer
Robert E. Wood Self - Co-Founder of America First Committee (archive footage) (as General Robert E. Wood) Self - Co-Founder of America First Committee (archive footage) (as General Robert E. Wood) See fewer