A film that started without a directorSourced
Pre-production began with no director.
The lead actor stepped forward.
The 1924 Polish Yiddish silent film Tkies-kaf entered pre-production without a director. Lead actor Zygmunt Turkow had expected an experienced foreign director; he eventually volunteered to direct it himself. Only fragments of the film survive today.
The person leading the cast
also led the production.
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