The legend of the ocean pianist

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Movie
German title The legend of the ocean pianist
Original title La leggenda del pianista sull'Oceano
Country of production Italy
original language English
Publishing year 1998
length German version 120, original version 165 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Giuseppe Tornatore
script Giuseppe Tornatore
music Ennio Morricone
Amedeo Tommasi
camera Lajos Koltai
cut Massimo Quaglia
occupation

The Legend of the Ocean Pianist is a 1998 film by Giuseppe Tornatore , based on the monologue Novecento by Alessandro Baricco .

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The trumpeter Max Tooney has to sell his trumpet to a music dealer for lack of money. When Max plays his trumpet one last time to say goodbye, the music dealer recognizes the piece of music and shows Max a broken record stencil that he found in an old concert grand. Max then tells the music dealer The Legend of the Ocean Pianist :

On New Year's morning in 1900, an infant was found aboard the liner Virginian , who for the sake of simplicity is called the Nineteen Hundred . The first eight years of his life, Nineteen Hundred, is raised by the stoker Danny Boodmann and spends most of that time in the ship's engine room. After an accident that kills Danny, Nineteen Hundred discovers his musical talent and secretly plays a grand piano in the first class ballroom.

Nineteen hundred never left the ship in the following years and played as a pianist in the on-board band. He befriends Max, who repeatedly encourages him to leave the ship.

During his performances with the band, Nineteen Hundred played outstanding jazz interludes and eventually became famous beyond the borders of the Virginian as a jazz pianist. His musical career culminates in winning a “piano duel” between him and jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton .

Neither the offer of a music producer nor the love for a Hungarian émigré can persuade Nineteen hundred to leave the ship. When he wants to take the step towards land "to hear the voice of the ocean", he stops in the middle of the gangway and turns back. As he later explained to Max, he could not see the boundaries of the city (New York) and therefore could not leave the ship.

Max learns from the music dealer that the Virginian served as a military hospital during the war, was decommissioned and is now being prepared for demolition in the harbor. He then tries in vain to persuade Nineteen Hundred, who is still hidden on the ship, to come ashore with him. Nineteen hundred replies that his world lies “between bow and stern” and remains alone on the ship.

While Max stands on the bank and watches, the Virginian is blown up.

In the end, the devastated Max brings back the repaired record matrix to the music dealer that he had borrowed from him to get Nineteen Hundred to leave the ship. He tells the dealer the end of his story. But this gives Max a chance for a new beginning and gives him back his old trumpet.

criticism

The lexicon of international films praised: "Very coherently narrative passages combine with purely cinematic poetry and an extremely atmospheric soundtrack."

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Individual evidence

  1. The Legend of the Ocean Pianist. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used