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Al Pacino as James Laughlin, an attorney who represents Gillars after she is put on trial for treason; Meadow Williams as Mildred Gillars; Swen Temmel as Billy Owen; Thomas Kretschmann as Joseph Goebbels; Mitch Pileggi as John Kelley, the prosecutor at Gillars's trial; Lala Kent as Elva; Carsten Norgaard as Max Otto Koischwitz; Drew Taylor as Randy
James Laughlin (October 30, 1914 – November 12, 1997) [1] was an American poet and literary book publisher who founded New Directions Publishing. Early life [ edit ]
Whether the real Axis Sally got her just deserts in that courtroom 70 years ago is debatable. But that the clunky cosplay of “American Traitor” is her biopic legacy may provide some comfort to ...
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars (née Sisk; November 29, 1900 – June 25, 1988) [1] was an American broadcaster employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate Axis propaganda during World War II. Following her capture in post-war Berlin , Gillars became the first woman to be convicted of treason against the United States. [ 2 ]
Frank J. Brasco: New York: 1973 — Received five years in prison upon conviction of federal bribery and conspiracy charges. [12] [13] Tommy Burnett: Tennessee: 1990 2003 Convicted of multiple felonies as a result of the Operation Rocky Top political corruption investigation. [14] Thomas J. Capano: Delaware: November 15, 2001 — Convicted of ...
Axis Sally was the generic nickname given to women radio personalities who broadcast English-language propaganda on behalf of the European Axis Powers during World War II. These included: Mildred Gillars, a German American who broadcast for Nazi Germany.
New Directions was born in 1936 of Ezra Pound's advice to the young James Laughlin, then a Harvard University sophomore, to "do something useful" after finishing his studies at Harvard. [3] The first projects to come out of New Directions were anthologies of new writing, each titled New Directions in Poetry and Prose (until 1966's NDPP 19 ).
Known as Axis Sally, died in 1988. Herbert Hans Haupt - Guilty, executed in 1942. Tomoya Kawakita - Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment, released in 1963, and deported to Japan. Tyler Kent - Guilty, sentenced to seven years in prison. Simon Emil Koedel - Guilty, sentenced to 15 years in prison.