Rothschild's Violin (1996)
(Le violon de Rothschild)
Country: FR/SW/FIN/HUN
Technical: col 101m
Director: Edgardo Cozarinsky
Cast: Sergei Makovetsky
Synopsis:
The story of an opera about a Jewish violinist, based on a Chekhov story. It is begun by a pupil of Shostakovich and completed by the composer but never performed, owing to Stalin's hostility to 'rootless' ethnic groups.
Review:
The film charts both the gestation of the work and concludes with a visualization of the opera itself.
(Le violon de Rothschild)
Country: FR/SW/FIN/HUN
Technical: col 101m
Director: Edgardo Cozarinsky
Cast: Sergei Makovetsky
Synopsis:
The story of an opera about a Jewish violinist, based on a Chekhov story. It is begun by a pupil of Shostakovich and completed by the composer but never performed, owing to Stalin's hostility to 'rootless' ethnic groups.
Review:
The film charts both the gestation of the work and concludes with a visualization of the opera itself.
(Le violon de Rothschild)
Country: FR/SW/FIN/HUN
Technical: col 101m
Director: Edgardo Cozarinsky
Cast: Sergei Makovetsky
Synopsis:
The story of an opera about a Jewish violinist, based on a Chekhov story. It is begun by a pupil of Shostakovich and completed by the composer but never performed, owing to Stalin's hostility to 'rootless' ethnic groups.
Review:
The film charts both the gestation of the work and concludes with a visualization of the opera itself.