Widescreen (1.78:1) Title from container and insert. Balduin Bass, Clara Colosimo, Elizabeth Labi, Ronaldo Bonacchi, Ferdinando Villella, Giovanni Javarone. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1978. Special features: Richard Dyer on Nino Rota and Orchestra Rehearsal; Orchestrating Discord, a visual essay on the film by Fellini biographer John Baxter; Poster and press gallery.
Summary:
Whilst waiting for a TV rehearsal to start a group of orchestral musicians argue the merits of their instruments, but revolt against their German conductor who uses increasingly Hitlerian techniques to persuade them to perform.
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