The music - my life

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Movie
German title The music - my life
Original title L'Amour de la vie - Artur Rubinstein
Country of production France
Publishing year 1969
length 78 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Gérard Patris ,
François Reichenbach
production Bernard Chevry
camera Jean-Michel Surel
cut Catherine Moulin

The music - my life (original title: L'Amour de la vie - Artur Rubinstein ) is a French documentary released in 1969 by Gérard Patris and François Reichenbach . The theme of the documentary is the life of the musician Artur Rubinstein . The film was in 1970 with the Oscar as best documentary award. At the Cannes International Film Festival in 1969 , the film was shown out of competition.

action

The film accompanies the old Rubinstein on a tour to Europe and Israel . The documentation is enriched with film material from Rubinstein's earlier years.

reception

Music critic Anthony Tommasini called the film a wonderful documentary, especially when compared to Steven Soderbergh's portrait of the musician Liberace in Liberace - Too much of a good is wonderful . The lexicon of international films also praises the film and finds it "not only worth seeing for a musically interested audience."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b The music - my life. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 1, 2020 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. L'Amour de la vie on the homepage of the Cannes International Film Festival (English)
  3. ^ Anthony Tommasini, The Music Behind Liberace's Capes, Jewels and Candelabra , The New York Times, May 28, 2013.