Crescendo (2019 film)

Crescendo
Crescendo
	Film poster
Directed by	Dror Zahavi
Written by	Stephen Glantz; Volker Kellner; Marcus O. Rosenmüller; Johannes Rotter [de]; Dror Zahavi;
Produced by	Alice Brauner [de]
Starring	Peter Simonischek; Bibiana Beglau; Daniel Donskoy; Sabrina Amali; Mehdi Meskar; Eyan Pinkovich;
Cinematography	Gero Steffen [de]
Edited by	Fritz Busse [de]
Music by	Martin Stock [de]
Production; companies	CCC Filmkunst; FilmVergnuegen; MZ-Film; Niama Film;
Distributed by	Camino Filmverleih
Release dates	3 July 2019 (Munich Film Festival); 16 January 2020 (Germany);
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	German; English; Arabic; Hebrew;
Box office	$73,346[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

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

Peter Simonischek as Eduard Sporck
Bibiana Beglau as Karla de Fries
Daniel Donskoy [de] as Ron
Sabrina Amali [de] as Layla
Mehdi Meskar [it] as Omar
Eyan Pinkovich as Shira Halevy
Hitham Omari as Jussef
Götz Otto as Bellmann

References

^ "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

Official website
Crescendo at IMDb

[1] "Crescendo". Box Office Mojo.

[2] 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.

[3] Barraclough, Leo (17 October 2019). "Menemsha Picks Up North American Rights to Crescendo". Variety. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[4] "Review: Crescendo" by Michael Ranze, Filmdienst (in German)

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]