Crescendo (2019 film)
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Directed by | Dror Zahavi |
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Produced by | Alice Brauner |
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Cinematography | Gero Steffen |
Edited by | Fritz Busse |
Music by | Martin Stock |
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Distributed by | Camino Filmverleih |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | Germany |
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Box office | $73,346[1][failed verification] |
Crescendo is a 2019 German drama film directed by Dror Zahavi. It premiered at the Munich International Film Festival on July 3, 2019, where it received a 10-minute standing ovation.[2] It opened to the public in Germany on January 16, 2020, and is scheduled for release in American cinemas in June by Menemsha Films.[3] Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the film will be released in virtual cinema starting May 1. The film received the 2020 Cinema for Peace Honorary Award.
The film is inspired by the real-life story of Daniel Barenboim's West–Eastern Divan Orchestra.[4]
Plot
[edit]A world-famous conductor, Eduard Sporck, is approached by Karla de Fries to put together an Israeli-Palestinian youth orchestra for a peace performance. He accepts, but first he must have his group overcome their beliefs, fears, and bigotry in order to come together.
Cast
[edit]- Peter Simonischek as Eduard Sporck
- Bibiana Beglau as Karla de Fries
- Daniel Donskoy as Ron
- Sabrina Amali as Layla
- Mehdi Meskar as Omar
- Eyan Pinkovich as Shira Halevy
- Hitham Omari as Jussef
- Götz Otto as Bellmann
References
[edit]- ^ "Crescendo". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ Tenorio, Rich (16 January 2020). "In film Crescendo, an Israeli-Palestinian orchestra struggles to get in tune". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (17 October 2019). "Menemsha Picks Up North American Rights to Crescendo". Variety. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Review: Crescendo" by Michael Ranze, Filmdienst (in German)
External links
[edit]- 2019 films
- 2010s Arabic-language films
- 2010s English-language films
- Films about classical music and musicians
- Films set in Frankfurt
- Films set in Tel Aviv
- Films set in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
- Films set in the West Bank
- German drama films
- 2010s German-language films
- 2010s Hebrew-language films
- 2019 multilingual films
- German multilingual films
- 2010s German films