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Ragtime

1981·155 min

Ragtime

Directed by Miloš Forman

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A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

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New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

Younger Brother

Booker T. Washington

Elizabeth McGovern

Evelyn Nesbit

Crew

Screenplay

Dino De Laurentiis

Producer

Miroslav Ondříček

Director of Photography

Original Music Composer

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Father

Tateh

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Mary Steenburgen

Mother

Sarah

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Jerome

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Ragtime (1981) is about a young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

Who directed Ragtime?

Miloš Forman directed Ragtime (1981).

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