Crescendo (2019 film)

2019 German drama film directed by Dror Zahavi

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Crescendo

Film poster

Directed by| Dror Zahavi
Written by|

* Stephen Glantz
* Volker Kellner
* Marcus O. Rosenmüller
* Johannes Rotter [de]
* Dror Zahavi

Produced by| Alice Brauner [de]
Starring|

* Peter Simonischek
* Bibiana Beglau
* Daniel Donskoy
* Sabrina Amali
* Mehdi Meskar
* Eyan Pinkovich

Cinematography| Gero Steffen [de]
Edited by| Fritz Busse [de]
Music by| Martin Stock [de]

Production
companies

* CCC Filmkunst
* FilmVergnuegen
* MZ-Film
* Niama Film

Distributed by| Camino Filmverleih

Release dates

* 3 July 2019 (2019-07-03) (Munich Film Festival)
* 16 January 2020 (2020-01-16) (Germany)

Running time

| 102 minutes
Country| Germany
Languages|

* German
* English
* Arabic
* Hebrew

Box office| $73,346[1][failed verification]

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

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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

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

## References

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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)

## External links

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* Official website
* Crescendo at IMDb