Cinematic background from The Lost Weekend 1945 - Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.

The Lost Weekend

1945

Drama, Film-Noir

Directors:
Billy Wilder
Writers:
Charles R. Jackson, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
Official poster of The Lost Weekend 1945 directed by Billy Wilder