Rent The Salzburg Festival (2006)
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3h 15min
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- Synopsis:
The Salzburg Festival has hosted every great star of the opera and concert hall, from Toscanini to Anne-Sophie Mutter, from Fischer-Dieskau to Barenboim, from Pollini to Mitsuko Uchida. In this film, the first to tell the story of this remarkable Festival, set in the birthplace of Mozart, director Tony Palmer has been granted unprecedented access to Austria's film archives. Highlights include performances of Jedermann from 1920 to the present day featuring actors such as Maximilian Schell and Klaus Maria Brandauer; Don Giovanni (with Furtwangler in 1954 and a controversial performance directed by Peter Sellars in the 90s); a wealth of footage of Herbert von Karajan, including performances and never-before-seen home movies; and a film of the Nazi hierarchy at the Festival during the Second World War. Alongside this historical footage, the film interviews contemporary stars including Placido Domingo, Valery Gergiev, Lang Lang, James Levine, Anna Netrebko, Riccardo Muti and Simon Rattle, who tell their stories and open their hearts about this unique Festival. - Actors:
- Wilhelm Bachhaus, Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Alfred Brendel, Grace Bumbry, Karl Böhm, Lisa Della Casa, Plácido Domingo, Heinz Fischer, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Mirella Freni, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Valery Gergiev, Joseph Goebbels, Thomas Hampson, Adolf Hitler, Mariss Jansons, Sena Jurinac, Curd Jürgens
- Directors:
- Tony Palmer
- Producers:
- Renate Bienert, Sabine Bauer, Peter Lusk, Arthur Reynolds, David Sigall
- Writers:
- Tony Palmer
- Studio:
- Digital Classics DVD
- Genres:
- Documentary, Performing Arts
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