Ragtime

~The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.

Overview

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.

Genres

General Information

Release Date: 1981-11-20
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Runtime: 155 min

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