Dotkniecie Reki . The Touch

Duration: 01:36:00 Every night, a young student of musicology with psychotherapeutic talents dreams of the same mysterious tune. He thinks it could be the theme of a bigger piece. He does not work on it himself, but wants Henri Kesdi – a silenced classical composer and a survivor of the Holocaust –...

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Other Authors: Zanussi, Krzysztof
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:Polish
Published: Mark Forstater Production Ltd. ; Studio Filmowe Tor 1992
Poland
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:ecbc1a72-b5f4-4577-bff5-c6497e14ae1f
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Summary:Duration: 01:36:00 Every night, a young student of musicology with psychotherapeutic talents dreams of the same mysterious tune. He thinks it could be the theme of a bigger piece. He does not work on it himself, but wants Henri Kesdi – a silenced classical composer and a survivor of the Holocaust – to write it. Kesdi, living in Denmark, is coaxed out of retirement by the inspired musicologist. Previously hateful and lonely, Kesdi regains his vigor, especially as the young musicologist thinks Kesdi has to awake his sexuality in order to write the “piece of his lifetime”. Kesdi gets a new musical secretary to help him. His loyal wife reluctantly accepts her as his young lover. Critics applauded this “return of the great Zanussi of the early 1970s” and pointed out the references to the story of Faust.
Published:1992