The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984)

Directed by

Orson Welles

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

3 min

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Orson Welles sits at his desk and talks to a sick friend. He quotes Charles Lindbergh's journal and reflects about the human spirit. Welles made this short film as a private letter and never meant it to be shown publicly.

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What happens

The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh is a short film made in 1984 by Orson Welles. The film was intended as a private video letter from Welles to his longtime friend and accountant Bill Cronshaw, who was ill. In the film, Welles sits behind a typewriter at his desk and speaks of the human spirit, quoting the journal of aviator Charles Lindbergh. Welles was in visibly poor health himself when the film was made, and he did not intend for it to be seen by the public. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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