From 1937 to 1945 Unger worked for J.H. Hoffberg Co . Inc. , after 1940 renamed Hoffberg Productions Inc. , eventually serving as Vice President . During this period he was involved with importing and distributing foreign films . He was one of the first businessmen to travel to Europe after World War II , where he purchased foreign films for distribution in the United States . It was during this time that he founded Distinguished Films and Tola Productions with Martin Levine . They produced '' The Roosevelt Story '' , an 80-minute documentary about President Franklin D. Roosevelt , filmed under the supervision of Elliott Roosevelt . '' The Roosevelt Story '' was awarded the Peace Prize at the 1948 Brussels Film Festival and regarded as " the most popular compilation film of the later 1940s . " In The 1950s , he briefly partnered with Budd Rogers in the distribution firm of Rogers & Unger Inc. . In 1961 , Unger and Ely Landau formed the Landau-Unger Company , which produced films such as '' The Pawnbroker '' and '' Long Day 's Journey into Night '' . Unger presented the latter at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival , where its stars ( Katharine Hepburn , Ralph Richardson , Jason Robards and Dean Stockwell ) won the Best Actress and Actor awards collectively . The Landau-Unger Company also distributed the '' Eleanor Roosevelt Story '' , which won the 1965 Academy Award for Best Documentary
1962 Cannes Film Festival
1962 Cannes Film Festival
Oliver A. Unger