Retro Cinema – A Streetcar Named Desire

1951 American Southern Gothic drama, directed by Elia Kazan, adapted from Tennessee Williams‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name. The film tells the story of a Mississippi Southern belle, Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh), who, after encountering a series of personal losses, seeks refuge with her sister(Kim Hunter) and brother-in-law (Marlon Brando) in a dilapidated New Orleans apartment building.

Year: 1951

Stars: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Marden

Director: Elia Kazan