After the storm [videorecording] : the American exile of Béla Bartók / a BBC TV/MTV Hungary co-production in association with Portobello Productions and La Sept ; director, Donald Sturrock.
Biographical documentary. Title from opening frames. "Bartók's letters read by Bob Peck" -- End credits. Music performed by Laszlo Barsony, viola, Gyorgy Sandor, piano, and Budapest Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ervin Lukacs and Sir Georg Solti.
Summary:
The great Hungarian composer Béla Bartók spent the last five years of his life as a man without a country, a refugee from war-torn Europe. He spent these years, 1940-45, in the United States, where few people understood the greatness of his genius. This film tells the story of these years. Includes excerpts from Bartók's music performed by György Sándor, piano, László Bársony, viola, the Budapest Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ervin Lukács, Sir Georg Solti, and the Chicago Symphony conducted by Sir Georg Solti.
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