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Benjamin Britten: A Time There WasBenjamin Britten: A Time There Was (1979)
Dir. Tony Palmer
Revered British composer Benjamin Britten’s life and times is given the royal Tony Palmer treatment in this comprehensive, loving portrait of…
MahlerMahler (1974)
Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Robert Powell, Lee Montague, Georgina Hale
Ken Russell's biopic on the life of the Jewish composer. As one critic observed – 'Whether the title of the opus is Mahler, Strauss or Elgar,…
Death in VeniceDeath in Venice (1971)
Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Dirk Bogarde
Dirk Bogarde plays a gay composer whose unspoken obssesion with a young boy detains him in Venice during a cholera epidemic. This soft–focus,…
Music Lovers, TheMusic Lovers, The (1971) Aro Favourite
Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson
A wonderfully audacious film fantasia based on the life of Russian composer Tchaikovsky, the homosexual who married a nymphomaniac! Richard…
CounterpointCounterpoint (1967)
Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Leslie Nielsen
During World War II, a conductor (Charlton Heston) and his orchestra are captured by the Nazis while touring Europe. While held captive in a castle,…
Romeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet (1966)
Dir. Paul Czinner
Feat. Margot Fonteyn, Rudolph Nureyev
The famed Royal Ballet production of Romeo and Juliet. This historical performance stars Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev as the quintessential…
Magnificent Rebel, TheMagnificent Rebel, The (1961)
Dir. Georg Tressler
Feat. Karlheinz Bohm, Ivan Desny
Unambitious but competent biopic of Ludwig van Beethoven, with Bohm (himself a classical pianist) convincingly ruffled in the lead. Worth a look for…
Unfaithfully YoursUnfaithfully Yours (1948) Recommended
Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Barbara Lawrence
Rex Harrison plays an irascible, paranoid orchestra conductor who comes to suspect his devoted wife's infidelity. Anchored around a memorable…
Song to Remember, ASong to Remember, A (1945)
Dir. Charles Vidor
Feat. Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, Cornel Wilde
Biopic on the life of Polish pianist and composer Frederic Chopin, taking a few liberties here and there to follow the child prodigy through his…
A Life to Remember - Frederic Chopin A Life to Remember - Frederic Chopin
2 disc ode to the great classical pianist Chopin by internationally celebrated pianist and Chopin enthusiast–Alan Kogosowski, performing over…

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