Crescendo (2019 film)

Crescendo
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 (Munich Film Festival); 16 January 2020 (Germany);
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	German; English; Arabic; Hebrew;
Box office	$73,346[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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "Crescendo". Box Office Mojo.
^ 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.
^ Barraclough, Leo (17 October 2019). "Menemsha Picks Up North American Rights to Crescendo". Variety. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "Review: Crescendo" by Michael Ranze, Filmdienst (in German)

External links[edit]

Official website
Crescendo at IMDb

[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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