Crescendo
Film poster
Directed byDror Zahavi
Written by
  • Stephen Glantz
  • Volker Kellner
  • Marcus O. Rosenmüller
  • Johannes Rotter
  • Dror Zahavi
Produced byAlice Brauner
Starring
CinematographyGero Steffen
Edited byFritz Busse
Music byMartin Stock
Production
companies
  • CCC Filmkunst
  • FilmVergnuegen
  • MZ-Film
  • Niama Film
Distributed byCamino Filmverleih
Release dates
  • 3 July 2019 (2019-07-03) (Munich Film Festival)
  • 16 January 2020 (2020-01-16) (Germany)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryGermany
Languages
  • German
  • English
  • Arabic
  • Hebrew
Box office$73,346[1]

Crescendo is a 2019 German drama film directed by Dror Zahavi. It premiered at the Munich International Film Festival on July 3, 2019, where it received a 10-minute standing ovation.[2] It opened to the public in Germany on January 16, 2020, and is scheduled for release in American cinemas in June by Menemsha Films.[3] Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the film will be released in virtual cinema starting May 1. The film received the 2020 Cinema for Peace Honorary Award.

The film is inspired by the real-life story of Daniel Barenboim's West–Eastern Divan Orchestra.[4]

Plot

A world-famous conductor, Eduard Sporck, is approached by Karla de Fries to put together an Israeli-Palestinian youth orchestra for a peace performance. He accepts, but first he must have his group overcome their beliefs, fears, and bigotry in order to come together.

Cast

  • Peter Simonischek as Eduard Sporck
  • Bibiana Beglau as Karla de Fries
  • Daniel Donskoy as Ron
  • Sabrina Amali as Layla
  • Mehdi Meskar as Omar
  • Eyan Pinkovich as Shira Halevy
  • Hitham Omari as Jussef
  • Götz Otto as Bellmann

References

  1. ↑ "Crescendo". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ↑ Tenorio, Rich (16 January 2020). "In film Crescendo, an Israeli-Palestinian orchestra struggles to get in tune". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (17 October 2019). "Menemsha Picks Up North American Rights to Crescendo". Variety. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Review: Crescendo" by Michael Ranze, Filmdienst (in German)
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