The piano tuner of earthquakes [videorecording] / Koninck Studios PTE Ltd. ; Lumen Films ; Mediopolis Films und Fernsehproduktion GmbH Leipzig ; UK Film Council ; Arte France Cinema ; produced by Hengameh Panahi, Alexander Ris ; written by Alan Passes, The Quay Brothers ; directed by The Quay Brothers.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Zeitgeist Films,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. Special features: "The making of 'The piano tuner of Earthquakes':" a 50-minute featurette including an extensive interview with the Quay Brothers and behind-the-scenes footage; Locarno Film Festival press conference with the Quay Brothers, producers Keith Griffiths and Alexander Ris, and star Amira Casar; print interview with the Quays by Jonathan Marlow, from GreenCine; original theatrical trailer. Amira Casar, Gottfried John, Assumpta Serna, César Saracho, Ljubisa Gruicic, Marc Bischoff, Henning Peker, Gilles Gavois, Volker Zack, Thomas Schmieder, Regine Zimmermann, Emil Petrov.
Summary:
On the eve of her wedding, the beautiful opera singer Malvina is mysteriously "killed" and abducted by the malevolent Dr. Droz. Felisberto, an innocent piano tuner, is summoned to Droz's secluded villa to service his strange musical automata. Little by little Felisberto learns of the doctor's plans to stage a "diabolic opera" and of Malvina's fate. He secretly conspires to rescue her, only to become trapped himself in the web of Droz's perverse universe.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)81305225
Locations:
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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